He pakiwaitara mō te raffia
E kīia ana i Āwherika ki te Tonga o mua, i aroha nui tetahi rangatira o tētahi iwi ki te tamahine a tētahi whānau rawakore. I whakahēngia tō rāua aroha e te whānau kingi, ā, i rere te rangatira me te kōtiro. I oma rāua ki tētahi wāhi kī tonu i te raffia, ā, ka whakatau rāua ki te tū he marena ki reira.
Ko te rangatira, kāore nei āna mea, i hanga he poroporo me he mowhiti ki te rafia mō tāna wahine marena, ā, i hiahia hoki kia noho tahi rāua ko tana i aroha ai ake ake, kia hoki ai ki tōna kāinga tupu i tētahi rā.
I tētahi rā, ka whati whakarere te mowhiti raffia, ā, ka puta mai ētahi kaitiaki tokorua o te whare kingi i mua i a rātou. I kitea kua murua rāua e te kīngi tawhito rāua ko te kuīni nā te mea i ngaro rāua i tā rāua tama, ā, ka tonoa atu ētahi tāngata hei whakahoki i a rāua ki te whare kingi. Nō reira, ka karangatia hoki te raffia he tarutaru hiahia.
Kei te wera haere te rangi. Haunga te rinena me te miro parakore, he rauemi taketake nui mō te raumati, ka taea te kī ko te raffia tētahi atu rauemi rongonui i te raumati. Nā te kakano taiao ka rite koe ki te mea kei roto koe i tētahi āhua motuhake i ngā wā katoa, ahakoa he pēke ringaringa, he hu rānei. He maeneene, he kanapa te mata, kāore e ngawari ki te pakaru, ki te wehi rānei i te wai, ā, kāore e ngawari ki te whakapiko ina whakapikohia. Ko te mea nui ake, kāore e kino ki te taiao, ā, he tino hoa ki te taiao. He maha ake ngā waitohu e tuku ana i ngā taonga raffia i te raumati. He aha te āhua o te "whakatipu ki te tarutaru" mai i te mahunga ki te waewae?
Wā tuku: Hōngongoi-06-2024
