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ʻO Mto wa Mbu kekahi o nā mea mua hoʻokipa moʻomeheu nā kahua i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka Tanzania Tourism Board e hoʻolaha i ka moʻomeheu Tanzania. Aia ma ka wāwae o ka Great Rift Valley e pili ana i ka Lake Manyara National Park, e hele ana i ke ala kaulana ʻo Arusha-Serengeti, 120 km a me 60 km mai Arusha a me Ngorongoro, ʻo Mto wa Mbu kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana loa ma Tanzania. Ma hope o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻōnaehana irrigation i nā makahiki 1950, ua ulu wikiwiki ka wahi i kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi, e huki ana i kahi nalu hou o nā ʻohana mai nā mea āpau.
ma luna o ka ʻāina, kēlā me kēia me kona moʻomeheu ponoʻī. ʻAʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe ma Tanzania i noho nui ai nā ʻohana ma kahi wahi liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka huakaʻi Mto wa Mbu kahi huakaʻi kauhale i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻolako i nā malihini i kahi ʻike o ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai ma Tanzania, ʻoiai i ka manawa pōkole o ka hapalua lā a i ʻole hoʻokahi lā piha. ʻO nā huahana like ʻole, nā hana lima, a me nā hana i ʻike ʻia ma ka mākeke a me nā kauhale a me nā mahiʻai he hōʻailona ia o kēia ʻano moʻomeheu. Hiki i ka poʻe kipa ke ʻike i ka poʻe Chagga mai nā pali o Kilimanjaro e hana ana i kā lākou pia maiʻa kaulana, mbege, a aʻo i ke kumu o ka ʻoi aku o 30 mau ʻano maiʻa i mahi ʻia ma ʻaneʻi, ʻelua wale nō ʻano mea kūpono no ka hana ʻana i ka mea inu: ʻo kahi kanaka mahiʻai mai Kigoma e unuhi i ka ʻaila pāma mai nā kumu lāʻau pāma āna i lawe mai ai mai nā kapakai o Lake Tanganyika; mahalo i ka Sandawe me kā lākou ʻōlelo kaomi hoihoi, e like me ka Khoisan o ka wao nahele ʻo Kalahari, e hana ana i nā kakaka a me nā pua no ka hahai holoholona.

e launa pū me nā Rangi mai Kondoa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka papyrus mai nā loko a me nā muliwai e ulana ai i nā moena nani a me nā hīnaʻi. E kipa aku i ka poʻe Mbugwe mai Manyara Region, nāna e hōʻike iā ʻoe pehea lākou e wili ai i nā kīʻaha like ʻole e loaʻa ai ka palaoa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pōhaku wili kuʻuna; hui pū me ka poʻe kamaʻāina o Mto wa Mbu a aʻo i ke ʻano o kā lākou hana ʻana i nā hale lepo, nā hale maʻamau no ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana a puni ia wahi.
E hōʻike ʻia iā ʻoe pehea e hui ai i ka lepo, ka laiki, a me ka lepo bipi e loaʻa ai ka lepo kūpono no nā paia ikaika a me ke ʻano o ke kau ʻana o ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ko lākou mau hale me ka ʻili maiʻa maloʻo a me nā lau. E aʻo e pili ana i ka ʻenehana hao kahiko, kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa ma ʻApelika. E hōʻike ana ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ʻoe pehea e hana ai i nā mea hana e like me nā ihe, nā pahi, a me nā pua. E aʻo mai nā wāhine kūloko i ka hana ʻia ʻana o nā ipuhao a me nā kīʻaha mai ka lepo lepo a kālua ʻia i mea paʻakikī. Mai nā pāpū a puni a me nā ululāʻau a hiki i ka
ʻO ka ʻākau, ka hikina, a me ka hema e noho ana nā ʻohana Maasai maoli ma nā bomas kahiko (homesteads) ʻoiai ka poʻe koa e ʻauana me kā lākou pipi, e ʻimi ana i nā wahi ʻai a me ka wai.

NA MEA OI MA MTO WA MBU

E ʻike i kahi safari waʻa alakaʻi ʻia ma Mto wa Mbu

E ʻike i ka Wetlands Mto wa Mbu, kahi i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā ʻāina pulu momona a me kahi pūnaewele o nā loko a me nā muliwai pili. ʻO ka safari waʻa alakaʻi kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e makaʻala i kēia kaiaola.

E hele i kahi huakaʻi kanu kofe

Mai ka pī a i ke kīʻaha, kaulana ʻo Tanzania no kāna kofe ʻono, a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ʻo Mto wa Mbu. E hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi kanu kofe a aʻo e pili ana i ka mahi ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana i nā pī kofe. E hele wāwae ma waena o nā māla ulu, i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka ʻala o ka kofe i kālua hou ʻia, a e ʻike i ka paʻakikī o ka hana kope. E hui pū me nā mahiʻai kūloko, nāna e kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike a me nā ʻenehana. E komo i nā hana lima e like me ka ʻohi ʻana i nā cheri kope a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pī. Hoʻopau ka huakaʻi me kahi hālāwai hoʻāʻo kofe, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻono i nā ʻono momona o ka kofe Tanzanian. Hāʻawi kēia ʻike immersive i ka mahalo hohonu no ka hana a me ka hana ma hope o kēlā me kēia kīʻaha kofe.

Kaʻahele i ka Maji Moto Hot Springs

He huaʻōlelo Swahili ʻo Maji Moto Kubwa i unuhi ʻia i kahi pūnāwai wela nui. E like me ka inoa e hōʻike ʻia nei, ʻo kēia pūnāwai wela he wahi ʻano nui, pulu a me ka puʻu ma luna
na kapakai komohana o Lake Manyara, aia ma loko o ka Lake Manyara National Park, kahi e kahe ai nā pūnāwai wela e kahe ana mai ka pā awāwa rift kokoke. E hū ana ma luna o 60°C, ua wela lākou e hele i ka ho'āʻo 'boil an egg', me kekahi mau ʻāpana he melemele kūʻokoʻa o ka sulfur. ʻO kēia mea kupanaha maoli kahi wahi e kipa aku ai no ka poʻe e hele ana i Tanzania. In

Hiki i ka poʻe kipa i ka puna wai wela ʻo Maji Moto Kubwa ke ʻimi i ke ala ala e hele ai i loko o ka puʻu a pau i kahi kahua nānā ma luna o ka loko. He ala maikaʻi loa ka papa hele wāwae e hoʻokokoke a pilikino me nā pūnāwai wela a ʻike i ka hana ʻana o nā wai e huhū. Hiki i nā malihini ke nānā i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka ʻāina a puni a me ka loko ma ke ala.
Hiki i nā malihini ke mākaʻikaʻi i ke alahele a ʻauʻau i nā pūnāwai wela, akā e ao ʻia: wela loa ka wai, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia e akahele.

He wahi maikaʻi nō hoʻi nā pūnāwai wela no ka nānā ʻana i nā manu, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka home o nā ʻano manu like ʻole.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai iā Maji Moto Kubwa Hot Spring ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai i ka Maji Moto Kubwa Hot Spring i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki. Aia nā pūnāwai wela i kahi ea wela, ʻo ia hoʻi, paʻa ka mahana a puni ka makahiki. Eia naʻe, ʻo ke kau maloʻo, e holo ana mai Iune a ʻOkakopa, ʻo ia ka manawa maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai, ʻoiai e palahalaha ana ka ʻāina haiki ma waena o ke kahawai ʻo Rift Valley a me nā kahakai komohana o Lake Manyara, e maʻalahi ai ke komo ʻana i nā pūnāwai wela.

Hoʻomaha a hoʻoulu hou. Pakele i ka hustle o Mto wa Mbu a hoʻomaka i ka huakaʻi i ka Maji Moto Hot Springs ma ka Engaruka Basin. Hāʻawi kēia mea huna i kahi ʻike spa kūlohelohe ma waena o ka wao nahele. ʻO ka huakaʻi hele i nā pūnāwai wela e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā ʻāina nani, me nā ululāʻau lush a me nā savannah hāmama. Ke hōʻea ʻoe, e hoʻoinu i ka wai ʻoluʻolu a mehana i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou mau mea lapaʻau.
E hoʻolaʻa hou nā mineral kūlohelohe i kou kino a me kou ʻuhane i kou hoʻomaha ʻana i kēia oasis mālie. Hāʻawi ka Maji Moto Hot Springs i ka manawa kūpono e launa pū me ke ʻano a loaʻa ka maluhia o loko.

E kipa i ka Manyara Painted Maasai Market.

Ma ka Poaha wale no keia. Ua ʻākoakoa nā haneli o Maasai ma ka mākeke ʻo Maasai, a loaʻa i nā malihini ka manawa e hālāwai ai me nā poʻe kamaʻāina a ʻike iā lākou e kūʻai aku ana i nā waiwai ola. Ke kūʻai aku nei ka mākeke i nā mea kanu hou a me nā huaʻai mai nā kauhale kūloko, nā mea hana lima, nā kiʻi pena, nā pipi, nā lole Maasai, a me nā meaʻai kūloko, me ka BBQ kaulana, a pēlā aku. ka makeke.
E hōʻike i ka hana noʻeau. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hana kiʻi a me ka hana hana, pono ke kipa ʻana i ka Manyara Painted Maasai Market. Aia ma Mto Wa Mbu, hōʻike kēia mākeke i nā mākau a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o nā mea hana kūloko. E ʻimi i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Tinga Tinga i pena lima ʻia, nā beadwork Maasai paʻakikī, nā kālai lāʻau kuʻuna, a me nā lole batik waihoʻoluʻu. E nana i ka
nā mea hana hana a ʻike i ke kaʻina hana o ka hana ʻana i kēia mau ʻāpana nani.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kou lima ma kekahi o nā ʻano hana kiʻi ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a nā mea hana akamai. ʻO ka kipa ʻana i ka Manyara Painted Maasai Market kahi manawa kūpono e kākoʻo ai i nā mea pena kiʻi kūloko.

Kaʻahele meaʻai kūloko

ʻO ka meaʻai i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma ʻaneʻi he mea kūʻokoʻa. E hoʻomākaukau nā kuki ʻōiwi, nona nā mākau kuke kiʻekiʻe loa, i kāu meaʻai kūloko. He maikaʻi a hele mai me kahi minoʻaka hoʻonanea ʻApelika.
ʻOiai makemake mākou i ka meaʻai no ke ola, ʻo ka meaʻai i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e ka ʻāina e hoʻonui i ka ʻono a me ka ikaika i ko mākou kino, a ʻo ia ke kumu o ka ʻai i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma ia ʻano a me ka waiwai!

 Kaʻahele Kaʻakala

E ʻimi i nā ʻāina nani a me nā kuaʻāina o Mto wa Mbu ma kahi huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa. E hoʻolimalima i kaʻa kaʻa a hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi ma waena o nā mahi kanu maiʻa a me nā kofe, nā māla raiki, a me nā kauhale liʻiliʻi.
E hauʻoli i ka makani ʻoluʻolu i kou hele wāwae ʻana ma nā ala nani, e hele ana i nā mea ulu ulu a me nā mahiʻai kūloko. Ma ke ala, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha e launa pū me ka poʻe mahiʻai, e ʻono i nā hua ʻala hou, a aʻo e pili ana i nā hana mahiʻai ma ka
māhele 'āina.
Hāʻawi ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻāina kūʻokoʻa a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui me ka nani maoli a me nā kaiāulu kūloko.

ʻO ka holo paikika mauna ma Mto wa Mbu kekahi o kā mākou hana punahele ma Tanzania. E noʻonoʻo ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e holo ana ma ke kaʻa ma nā alanui o kahi kauhale mahiʻai ʻApelika, i hoʻopuni ʻia e ke ʻano kupaianaha. Eʻoliʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka maiʻa a me nā mea kanu kope a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Lake Manyara. Aia ka holo ma nā ala palahalaha, no laila hiki i nā kānaka o nā makahiki āpau ke hana i kēia hana.
I kēia holo ʻana, kipa pū ʻoe i kahi kula ʻApelika a loaʻa kahi ʻike i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o ka poʻe kamaʻāina. Ma kahi o 2 a 3 mau hola paha ka hana, akā hiki mau ke ala pōkole a lōʻihi paha.

E kipa i ka Cultural Heritage Center.
Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o Mto Wa Mbu, ʻo ka Cultural Heritage Center kahi puʻuhonua no nā mea aloha kiʻi a me nā mea hahai holoholona. E ʻimi i ka hōʻiliʻili kiʻi nui o ʻApelika, me nā kiʻi kiʻi, nā kiʻi pena, nā textiles, a me nā mea nani—E kahaha i nā kālai lāʻau koʻikoʻi, nā mea kuʻi peʻa, a me nā lole waihoʻoluʻu i hana ʻia e nā mea akamai.
Loaʻa i ke kikowaena kahi mākeke Maasai kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā mea hana a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo maoli. E hoʻokaʻawale i kou manawa e kaʻahele i nā māla nani o ke kikowaena, e hoʻomaha i ka hale kūʻai kope, a i ʻole e ʻoliʻoli i kahi meaʻai maʻamau Tanzanian ma ka hale ʻaina.
ʻO ka Cultural Heritage Center kahi waihona waiwai o ka hōʻike noʻeau a he wahi maikaʻi e loaʻa ai nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kūʻokoʻa mai kāu kipa ʻana.

Hāʻawi ʻo Mto wa Mbu i nā ʻano hana like ʻole a me nā mea hoihoi e hoʻokō i nā makemake o kēlā me kēia huakaʻi. Inā he kanaka ʻoluʻolu ʻoe, he mea aloha moʻomeheu, he mea ʻimi hoʻokalakupua, a he mea hoihoi paha i ke kiʻi, he mea ko kēia kaona olaola no nā mea a pau.

Kaapuni tuk-tuk

ʻO Tuk-tuk kekahi o nā ʻano kaʻa maikaʻi loa ma Mto Wa Mbu, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ia i ke kaʻa ʻana o nā kamaʻāina o ia wahi, me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia wahi.

huakaʻi hele kauhale

He ipu hoʻoheheʻe o nā moʻomeheu, ʻo Mto Wa Mbu ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi wale nō ma Tanzania kahi i loaʻa ai nā ʻelele mai nā ʻohana 120 a pau e noho hauʻoli ana ma ka ʻaoʻao. ʻOiai ua unuhi ʻia ka inoa ʻo 'Musquito River', ma muli o ke kumu wai mau o ke kauhale, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka nui o nā makika. No ke kauhale ponoi paha kou alakai, no laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi
manawa kū hoʻokahi e ʻike i ke kaiāulu ma o kona mau maka. ʻO ka huakaʻi hele ma kahi o 2-3 mau hola akā hiki ke maʻalahi. I kou kipa ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manaʻo maikaʻi no ka ʻaoʻao pilikanaka o ke kauhale - nā mahiʻai a me nā mīkini wili, nā kula, nā mākeke, a me nā hale pule. E pane hauʻoli kāu alakaʻi i nā nīnau āu e loaʻa ai a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka hana o loko o kēia kaiāulu Tanzanian maʻamau.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻoe ma ke kanu maiʻa kauhale, kahi e ulu ai lākou ma mua o 30 mau ʻano maiʻa. A me ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o kēia huaʻai nui, e lohe ʻoe e pili ana i nā hoʻohana like ʻole o ka mea kanu holoʻokoʻa, mai ka meaʻai a hiki i nā mea hana no ke kūkulu ʻana a me ke akamai.
A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i kahi papahana noʻeau ʻōpio a aʻo e pili ana i nā ʻano pena like ʻole a me nā ʻenehana. Hauʻoli ka poʻe pena kiʻi iā ʻoe e nīnau i nā nīnau a paʻi kiʻi, a ʻoiai aia nā manawa e kūʻai ai i kā lākou hana kiʻi, e hana ai i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa, ua hauʻoli mākou no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea kūʻai paʻakikī a koi ʻia e kūʻai.

A laila, kipa mākou i kahi hale hana lāʻau, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā lālā akamai o ka ʻohana Makonde e kālai pono ana i nā kiʻi paʻakikī, nā masks, a me nā mea hale. Na lākou e hōʻike iā ʻoe i nā ʻano lāʻau like ʻole a me ka hoʻopau ʻana a wehewehe i kekahi o nā manaʻo mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu ma hope o nā kālai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ke kālai ʻana iā ʻoe iho!
Eia hou, loaʻa nā manawa e kūʻai ai i nā kalai, akā me ke kūʻai paʻakikī ʻole a i ʻole nā ​​​​haggling hakakā, a mākou i ʻike ai he mea hōʻoluʻolu loa.
Ke neʻe nei, hiki ʻoe i kahi 'bar' kūloko e hoʻāʻo iā Mbege, ka maiʻa kuʻuna a me ka pia millet i brewed a inu nui ʻia e ka ʻohana Chagga. He hana nui ka hana ʻana i kēia pia, a hāʻawi mau ʻia ka pia i loko o hoʻokahi kīʻaha nui, hoʻohele ʻia a puni ka hui a hoʻopiha hou ʻia e like me ka mea e pono ai. E hoʻopau kāu huakaʻi i ka mākeke kūloko kūloko, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻauwana.
A puni nā hale kūʻai kūʻai huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, nā mea ʻala, a me ka ʻiʻo. E kū ana kāu alakaʻi, wehewehe i nā wahi hoihoi, a e ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻāʻo a honi i nā meaʻai like ʻole. ʻO kahi meaʻai maoli no ka naʻau!

Kaapuni Puu o Balaa

E hoʻomaka ana mai Mto wa Mbu, hele ʻoe ma ka wāwae o ke awāwa rift ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau. Hoʻoulu nui ka poʻe mahiʻai ma kēia wahi i ka maiʻa (he nui nā ʻano like ʻole), a hāʻawi nā lau nui i kahi malu ʻoluʻolu. Ma kou ala, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i kekahi mau mahiʻai a loaʻa i ka wehewehe e pili ana i nā ʻano hana irrigation ma ia wahi. ʻO ka hope, ma kahi o iwakālua mau minuke, hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi i ka puʻu o Balaa, ka puʻu o ka pōʻino, a hauʻoli i ka ʻike nani ma luna o ka oasis uliuli o Mto wa Mbu. Ma luna, e wehewehe nā alakaʻi i ke kumu i loaʻa ai ka inoa pohihihi o ka mauna. Hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ka huakaʻi me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā Punawai Njoro, kekahi o nā kumu wai mua no ia wahi, a me kahi wailele kokoke.

Hiki i nā poʻe makemake i ka hele wāwae ke hoʻohui i nā huakaʻi ʻekolu hapalua lā i kahi hele wāwae hoʻokahi. E hoʻomaka ana mai ka mākeke Mto wa Mbu, hele ʻoe ma ka ACT a hiki i ka Lake Papyrus. Ma kou ala e hoʻi ai i Mto wa Mbu, hele ʻoe ma ka wāwae o ke awāwa Rift, e hala ana i nā Punawai Njoro a me ka Puʻu ʻo Balaa.

Ka waʻa Lake Manyara.

ʻO Lake Manyara kahi home o kahi ola manu kupaianaha, me nā tausani o nā flamingo ʻulaʻula. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokokoke loa i nā giraffe, nā ʻelepani, nā bufalo, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e ʻai ana ma kahakai. ʻO nā mea a pau mai ka ʻoluʻolu o kou waʻa. E hauʻoli i ka nani hoʻohiwahiwa e hoʻopuni ana iā ʻoe ma kā mākou huakaʻi waʻa.

He aha kāu e manaʻo ai i kāu huakaʻi Mto wa mbu

He ipu hoʻoheheʻe o nā moʻomeheu, ʻo Mto Wa Mbu i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi wale nō ma Tanzania kahi e noho hauʻoli ai nā ʻelele mai nā ʻohana 120 a pau. ʻOiai ua unuhi ʻia ka inoa ʻo 'Musquito River,' ma muli o ke kumu wai mau o ke kauhale, pōmaikaʻi ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka nui o nā makika.

No ke kauhale paha kāu alakaʻi ma ka huakaʻi Mto wa mbu, no laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa e ʻike i ke kaiāulu ma o kona mau maka. ʻO ka huakaʻi hele ma kahi o 2-3 mau hola akā hiki ke maʻalahi. I kou kipa ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manaʻo maikaʻi no ka ʻaoʻao kaiapuni o ke kauhale - nā mahiʻai a me nā mīkini wili, nā kula, nā mākeke, a me nā hale pule. E pane hauʻoli kāu alakaʻi i nā nīnau a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka hana o loko o kēia kaiāulu Tanzanian maʻamau.

E hoʻomaka ana ʻoe ma ka mahiʻai maiʻa kauhale, kahi e ulu ai ma mua o 30 mau ʻano maiʻa. A me ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o kēia hua ʻai, e lohe ʻoe i nā hoʻohana like ʻole o ka mea kanu holoʻokoʻa, mai ka meaʻai a hiki i nā mea hana no ke kūkulu ʻana a me ke kiʻi.

A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i kahi papahana noʻeau ʻōpio a aʻo e pili ana i nā ʻano pena like ʻole a me nā ʻenehana. Hauʻoli ka poʻe pena kiʻi iā ʻoe e nīnau i nā nīnau a paʻi kiʻi, a ʻoiai he mau manawa e kūʻai ai i kā lākou hana kiʻi, e hana ai i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo nani, ua hauʻoli mākou no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea kūʻai paʻakikī a koi ʻia e kūʻai.

A laila, kipa mākou i kahi hale hana lāʻau, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā lālā akamai o ka ʻohana Makonde e kālai pono ana i nā kiʻi paʻakikī, nā masks, a me nā mea hale. Na lākou e hōʻike iā ʻoe i nā ʻano lāʻau like ʻole a me ka hoʻopau ʻana a wehewehe i kekahi o nā manaʻo mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu ma hope o nā kālai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ke kālai ʻana iā ʻoe iho! Eia hou, loaʻa nā manawa e kūʻai ai i nā kalai, akā me ke kūʻai paʻakikī ʻole a i ʻole nā ​​​​haggling hakakā, a mākou i ʻike ai he mea hōʻoluʻolu loa.

Ke neʻe nei, e kipa ʻoe i kahi 'bar' kūloko e hoʻāʻo ai i ka mbege, ka maiʻa kuʻuna a me ka pia millet i brewed a inu nui ʻia e ka ʻohana Chagga. He paʻakikī loa ka hana ʻana i kēia pia, a hāʻawi mau ʻia ka pia i loko o hoʻokahi kīʻaha nui, hoʻohele ʻia a puni ka hui, a hoʻopiha hou ʻia e like me ka mea e pono ai.

E hoʻopau ʻia kāu huakaʻi ma ka mākeke kūloko, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hele a puni nā hale kūʻai kūʻai huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, nā mea ʻala, a me nā ʻiʻo. E kū ana kāu alakaʻi a wehewehe i nā wahi hoihoi a ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻāʻo a honi i nā meaʻai like ʻole. ʻO kahi meaʻai maoli no ka naʻau!

E hoʻopaʻa i kāu huakaʻi i kēia manawa