Marae: The Sacred Sites of Tahiti

Dzorerai zvakare kare pane idzi temetemberi yekare yePolynesian.

Dzimwe dzenzvimbo dzakawanda dzisinganzwisisiki muTahiti dziri panyika: ibwe marae (temberi) iyo vaPolynesian vekare vaibata vatsvene, uye maTahiti ano mazuva ano vachiri kuita nhasi. Kunyange zvazvo vanhu vePolynesiya vakaramba vachiremekedza gungwa, uye nokuda kwevakawanda vevashanyi nhasi Tahiti yose inenge iri pamusoro pemakungwa ayo anoshamisa, inyika inobata kiyi kune zvakawanda zvayo tsika.

Nzira yakanakisisa yokunzwisisa tsika yekare yePolynesia ndeyekushanya nguvae , Nhasi, kazhinji marae inongova mirwi yematombo, asi vasati vauya veEurope muzana remakore rechi18, vakange vari pakati pevanhu, zvematongerwe enyika uye zvechitendero-kusanganisira vanhu chibayiro.

Kuti udzidze zvakawanda pamusoro pezviitiko zvekare, bhuku kutendeukira kune marae nekutungamirirwa kwemo. Heano mamwe maonero ezvakaitika uye runyorwa rwemaverengi akawanda anokosha kuona:

The Marae muTahiti tsika

VaPolynesian vekare vakanga vari vanamwari vakawanda, zvichireva kuti vaitenda kuna vanamwari vakawanda, uye vaifamba kuenda kutemberi idzi kuti varemekedze vanamwari ava uye vakukumbira kuti vatungamirire zviitiko zvakadai sehuwandu hwekukohwa kwavo kana kukunda vavengi. Chero paaie chete vanamwari ( atua muTahiti ) vanodanwa pasi pano nevapristi ( tahu'a ) kuti vagadzire zvifananidzo zvakavezwa uye kupa varume " mana ," simba raMwari rinokonzera utano, kubereka uye nezvimwe. Vamwari chete ndivo vaigona kupa mana , saka saka vaifanira kunzi nguva dzose kuburikidza nemitambo inotungamirirwa nevapristi uye izvi zvinogona kuitwa chete panguva yevae .

Nzira dzekupedzisira dzaisanganisira kupa zvipo kuvamwari, sezvo mana yakangopiwa chete mukutsinhanisa kune chimwe chinhu. Sezvo zvipo zvakanakisisa zvingakonzera kupa (zvizhinji zvehove, kukunda muhondo) kubva kuna vanamwari, chipo chakakura chikuru chaiva chenyama yenyama.

Chibayiro chevanhu chaiitwa mumamiriro aya chaiwo pane nguva yenyika yedare.

Marae Design

Yakave yakagadzirwa nedare rekwangwani rebasalt matombo uye coral slabs neatari ( ahu ) yematombo akareba mukati. Yakave yakapoteredzwa norusvingo rwakadzika rwematombo maduku, ikozvino kakawanda.

Kwokushanyira Marae

Unogona kuwana marae pazvitsuwa zvose, asi zvinonyanya kukosha ndeye Taputapuatea marae paRaiatea, inofungidzirwa kuti inonyanya kukosha muSoviet Islands, "chivako" chePolynesian civilization uye nzvimbo iyo vaPirynesian vaifamba nayo vanoenda kunogadzirisa dzimwe zvitsuwa mu iyo South Pacific; Matairea Rahi mara pa Huahine, akazvitsaurira kuna Tane, mwari mukuru wechitsuwa chacho; uye Arahura inosvika kuTahiti , iyo yakave yakadzorerwa zvizere uye inoshandiswa kuenzaniswa kwemhemberero yekare munguva yeHeiva Nui kutamba mitambo munaJuly.

Pamusoro peMunyori

Donna Heiderstadt iri muNew York City-based freelance travel munyori uye muparidzi uyo akapedza upenyu hwake achitsvaka mafungiro ake maviri makuru: kunyora nekuongorora nyika.