Hoailona makuahine Moiwahine

MOIWAHINE

Ma nā ʻohana he nui o ʻApelika, loaʻa i ka mōʻī wahine nā kuleana like me ke aliʻi. ʻO ka manawa pinepine ma nā mea koʻikoʻi, ua hoʻoholo ʻia kāna ʻōlelo, ua pili pū nō hoʻi i ke koho ʻana i mōʻī hou. Ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana, hiki iā ia ke lawe i nā hana a ke aliʻi ma hope o kona make ʻana.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ka makuahine mōʻī wahine ʻo ia ka makuahine o nā mōʻī āpau ma ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike o ka huaʻōlelo, aia wale nō i kekahi mau manawa ʻo ia ka makuahine o ke aliʻi. He kaikuahine paha ʻo ia, he ʻanakē, a he lālā ʻē aʻe paha o ka ʻohana aliʻi i hiki ke lawe i kēia kūlana. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke aliʻi wahine, ka mea i pāpā ʻia ʻaʻole e mare no kona hānau aliʻi, ʻo ke aliʻi wahine. Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e hānau keiki ma waho o ka male ʻana, a hiki iā ia ke lawe i ke keʻena aupuni kiʻekiʻe aʻe.

Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, he mana nui ko ka mōʻīwahine makuahine, he mau ʻāina nui a me kāna poʻe ukali. Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e koho nona iho i nā mea aloha a i ʻole nā ​​kāne, ka mea pinepine, e like me ka laʻana, ma ke aupuni o Luanda, aia ma ka ʻāina o Congo, i kapa ʻia ʻo nā kāne (wahine).

1. Poʻo keleawe o ke aliʻi wahine mai Benin kahiko. ʻO ia wale nō ka mea i ʻae ʻia e ʻaʻahu i kēlā ʻano poʻo. ʻIke maopopo ʻia nā hōʻailona mōhai ma kona lae.

2. No Benin mai no hoi ka maka o ka makuahine alii wahine niho elepani, aka, no kekahi au mahope aku. Ma luna o kona kola a me kona poʻo, ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi stylized o nā poʻo o nā Pukiki. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo Oba (ke aliʻi) i ka pale maka ma kona kāʻei, e hōʻike ana i kona kuleana kūʻokoʻa e kālepa me nā haole. ʻIke ʻia nā hōʻailona mōhai maʻamau ma ka lae.

3. He kiʻi hilinaʻi kēia o ke aliʻi hoʻokahi mai ke aupuni ʻo Ifa ma ke komohana hema o Nigeria. ʻO nā laina e hele ana i ka helehelena holoʻokoʻa he mau peʻa peʻa paha, he hōʻailona o ka nani a me ke kūlana, a i ʻole he pale ma ka maka i hana ʻia me nā kaula beaded.

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