He aha ka manaʻo o ka peʻapeʻa ma ʻApelika. Encyclopedia of symbols

Bat: Nā ʻuhane o ka poʻe make

Ma waena o ka poʻe o ʻApelika Hema he manaʻoʻiʻo e kipa aku nā ʻuhane o ka poʻe i make i ke ʻano o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ko lākou mau hoahānau ola. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ʻApelika Hema, makemake nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa e noho i nā hale kupapaʻu, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana, i nā maka o ʻApelika, ko lākou pili i ke ao o ka poʻe make. Manaʻo ʻia hiki i kēia mau ʻuhane liʻiliʻi ke hoʻopōʻino i nā kānaka a kōkua iā lākou - no ka laʻana, i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā waiwai kanu - inā hānai nā kānaka i ke koko i nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa.

ʻO nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa nunui i loaʻa ma Ghana i manaʻo ʻia he mau kōkua o nā kilokilo a me nā gnomes ʻApelika - mmoatia. ʻO kēia mau holoholona nui a makaʻu hoʻi he mea ʻai meaʻai, ʻo kā lākou meaʻai he huaʻai wale nō, akā manaʻo ka poʻe ʻApelika e ʻaihue kēia mau ʻōpeʻa i nā kānaka a hoʻoneʻe iā lākou i kahi e hāʻule ai nā kānaka ma lalo o ka mana o nā ʻuhane ʻino. ʻO kēia subspecies o ka volatile a i waho e like me nā gnomes ʻino: ʻo nā wāwae o kēia mau ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ʻō i hope, he ʻulaʻula ko lākou lauoho, a he ʻumiʻumi.

Source: "Symbols of Africa" ​​​​Heike Ovuzu