E ʻike i kēia mau mea ʻono o ka Sierra Tarahumara.
ʻImpkeke Barranco
I ka hohonu o ka Sierra Tarahumara, aguachile ka ipu maʻamau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka ʻōpae maka i kāpī ʻia i ka lemon. Baffling? Aʻole iki. Aia kēia ma Urique, kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi, ma muli o kona wahi ma ka lalo o ke awāwa o ka inoa hoʻokahi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilina o ka ʻāina - a me nā kamaʻilio maikaʻi - me ke awāwa ʻo Fuerte, ma Sinaloa, ma mua o nā mauna o ka Sierra Madre Occidental, ma Chihuahua. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he 600 wale nō mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kai a kokoke loa i ke kapakai Pākīpika (185 mau kilomika i kahi laina pololei) ma mua o ke kapikala mokuʻāina (240 mau mile).
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Chikuahua nō ʻo Urique, a ʻo ke kū ʻana o ka Tarahumara i hāʻawi i kahi wili ʻano ʻē loa i ka aguachile, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi kīʻaha Sinaloan maʻamau. Maʻaneʻi, ua hoʻāla ʻia ka aguachile me ka oregano a me ka ar, kahi gum i hana ʻia e nā ants a ka rarámuri o ke kahawai e ʻohiʻoni ahonui a mau i nā mea liʻiliʻi. Mahalo i kēia, ʻōlelo lākou, he mea ʻono loa ka hopena o ka aguachile e hana ai nā pailaka e hele ma waena o nā kuahiwi i kahi kū ʻole ʻole ma Urique e hoʻāʻo wale ai i kēia pā.
Waina ʻo Tarahumara
ʻO kekahi o nā mea haohao gastronomic a ka Sierra Tarahumara i mālama ai ʻo ia ka Cerocahui waina. ʻAe, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi i ka makahiki 1688, he 1,200 poʻe, me ka ʻole o nā hale ʻaina a me ka hale paʻahao ʻole, i kaulana no kāna hale pule mikionali nani, he mau hectare i kanu ʻia me nā pā waina. A ʻo ka huahana e puka mai ana ma laila ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻole.
I ka makahiki 1975, ua kūʻai ka ʻohana Balderrama i hale a me kahi waiwai nui ma Cerocahui. Ua hoʻolilo ka hale iā ia i loko o ka hōkele Misión waena (kekahi o nā mea hanohano ma nā kuahiwi), a hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka ʻāina no ka hana ʻana i nā hua waina ʻo Cabernet Sauvignon a me Chardonay, mai laila no 15 mau makahiki e hana ana i nā ʻano ʻulaʻula a me keʻokeʻo o ka waina. Misiona Cerocahui.
Hiki i kekahi ke kuhi he aha nā kūlana e makemake ai i nā kumulāʻau Cerocahui: ke aniau kūpono a me nā ua, ke kiʻekiʻe (1620 mau mika ma luna o ke kai), ka pale ʻana o nā kuahiwi e hoʻopuni ana i ke awāwa, ka lima o nā mea kanu waina. … A i ʻole nā mea i luna. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo nā ʻōmole 1,900 i hana ʻia ma aneʻi i loko o kahi papa ʻaina me ka ʻaukake ʻole, ʻoluʻolu, ʻala a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi i ka lehelehe.
5 Mea Pono
• E kipa aku iā Creel, kekahi o nā kaona kiʻi kiʻi nui me nā ʻoi aku ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lawelawe ma Sierra Tarahumara.
• E holo i ka holo waʻa ma Lake Arareco, i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pōhaku a me nā conifers kiʻekiʻe (kokoke i Creel).
• E piʻi i kahi ʻike ma ka lihi pono o ka Barranca del Cobre a me ka Piedra Volada. E manaʻo ʻoe e like me ka mea nona ka honua! (58 km mai Creel).
• E kamaʻilio me El Chepe. ʻO ka tikika o ka papa mua he 1,552 pesos. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike, ma waena o Creel a me El Fuerte, nā manaʻo hoihoi loa o ka Sierra.
• Rappelling a paikikala paha ma waena o ka Wailele Basaseachi (www.conexionalaaventura.com).
Mea kākau moʻolelo a mea kākau moʻolelo. He loea ʻo ia no Geography and History and Historical Journalism ma ka Faculty of Philosophy a me nā Letters o ka National Autonomous University of Mexico, kahi e hoʻāʻo ai ʻo ia e hoʻolaha i kāna delirium ma o nā kihi ʻē aʻe e hana ana i kēia ʻāina.
