Ka Hua'ōlelo: Fruit As National Identity

Kākauʻana i nā Prickly Pears

Ho'ākākaʻiaʻo Sabra

He aha ka mea paʻakikī a'ōpala i waho, akāʻo ka momona a me ke akahai i loko? E noi aku i kaʻIseraʻela, a na lākou e haʻi iāʻoe - hiki paha me kahi wini - he hua ia, a he kanaka maoli o ko lākou'āina. ʻO ka hua i nīnauʻia, uaʻikeʻia ma kahi'ē aʻe e like me ka pearina pear a ka cactus pea, a ināʻoe e holo i nā wahi a pau o kaʻIseraʻela i ka mahinaʻo Iulai a meʻAukake, eʻike pahaʻoe i nā hua hua sābra hou e kūʻaiʻia ma kaʻaoʻao o ke alanui.

He aha nā prickly pears?

ʻO nā hua'ōpala ka hua o ka Opuntia cactus. ʻO kēia cactus he mau pāpale pālahalaha nui (e like me keʻano, he hiki keʻaiʻia hoʻi), nā huaʻohi, a me nā pua e pua ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki keʻikeʻiaʻo ka Sabra cacti ma nā puʻu a pau oʻIseraʻela, kahi i kanu pinepineʻia ai lākou e lilo i mea hoʻokaʻawale a me nā mea pale. ʻOiai keʻano o ka cacti heʻano maoli o ka'āinaʻIseraʻela, ua laweʻiʻoʻia mai lākou i kaʻIseraʻela mai New Mexico a me Arizona i ka makahiki 19, e like me ka waina hope aʻIseraʻela a me ka mea kākau meaʻai Daniel Rogov.

ʻOiai ua kapaʻia nā pua i kapaʻia he mau huapalapala i loko o kaʻIseraʻela, kahi i kapaʻia ai he mau fiku India,ʻo nā fig barberry, a me ka tuna. ʻO ka hua, i waiwai nui i ka huaora C, he kaulana loa ia ma Mexico, Central a me Hema Hema, nā'āina Mediterranean a me nā wahi oʻApelika. I nā makahiki i hala koke aku nei, ua lilo iʻoi aku ka kaulana i ka United States.

ʻO waho o nā'ōpala paʻipaʻi i ke kala mai ka'ōmaʻomaʻo e hoʻouka i kaʻulaʻula.

ʻO ka'ōpū o nā pāpaʻi pālahalaha i ke kala mai ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻomaʻo i ka'ōmole hohonu. ʻO kaʻiʻo o ka hua, he palupalu, paʻi a hoʻopuehuʻia me nāʻanoʻeleʻele.

Pehea e koho ai a hoʻomākaukau i nā'ō'ō'ō'ō

Nā Hua'ōlelo Sabra

Hoʻoponoponoʻia e Miri Rotkovitz