ʻO ka māla momi moana wale nō ma ka ʻāina ʻAmelika e hana hou nei i nā momi kālā nani i kaulana ai ke kai o Cortez a me Mekiko. ʻO kahi rarity maoli i ke ao o nā gems.
Pili kēia mau momi i ko mākou ʻāina e like me kēia lā nā kahakai paradaiso, nā sarapes a i ʻole nā tacos. Mai kona loaʻa ʻana i ke kenekulia 16, ua hoʻokūkū ka Moana Bermejo i ka kaulana me ke awāwa ʻo Persian no kāna mau momi waihoʻoluʻu he nui a ua lilo koke kēia mau mea nani i hoʻokahi o nā huahana hoʻolilo nui o New Spain.
I ka waena o ke kenekulia 20 ua pau ka moeʻuhane. Ma mua iki o ke Kaua Honua II ua hoʻopau ʻia ka leʻaleʻa momi nui ma ke kai o Cortez, no ka hoʻohana nui paha, a me lākou pū kekahi i pau ai ka kaulana.
Eia nō naʻe, i loko o nā makahiki he 10 i hala aku nei, ua haʻohaʻo kahi hui o nā haumāna mai ka Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, ke kula ʻo Guaymas: "Inā i loaʻa nā momi ma aneʻi, no ke aha mai kēia manawa?" I ka makahiki 1996, he aha ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he kulanui hopena pule i lilo i papahana pailaka i kākoʻo ʻia e TEC iho, a ma hope he ʻoihana "piha". ʻO kēia kahi mahiʻai ma ke kai kūʻono nani o Bacochibampo, e pili ana me Guaymas. I ka malihini kipa hou mai, me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia e ʻike ʻia, a hiki i ka ʻike ʻana i nā lālani lehulehu o nā buoy ʻeleʻele e hōʻailona ana i ka hana o lalo o ka wai, kahi e hana maoli ai kēia "mahi". ʻO ka mea maka ka mea ʻē aʻe o ka pūpū makuahine-o-momi (Pteria sterna), ʻike ākea ʻia no ka iridescence o kāna pū, akā ʻaʻole no kona mau ʻano me he ʻoyster momi. I nā makahiki kanaono, ua hele mai kahi hui o Iapana i ke Kai o Cortez me ka manaʻo e hana i nā pā momi me ia, akā ʻaʻole lākou i kūleʻa a haʻi aku ʻaʻole hiki ke mahi i nā momi me kēia ʻano. Akā ma kahi i holo pono ʻole ai ka poʻe Kepani, ua lanakila ka poʻe Mekiko.
ʻElima kaukani i ka makahiki
Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻāʻo a me ka hōʻiliʻili incipient, ʻO nā momi o ke Kai o Cortez ke hana nei ma kahi o ʻelima kaukani mau momi i ka makahiki; Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā tona o nā momi akoya mai ʻAsia a i ʻole ʻeleʻele hoʻi mai Polinesia Palani, akā he kūleʻa maoli i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia hana kalepa e pae mua nei.
Me he mea lā he hana hiki ʻole ke wehewehe pono i kona kala, ma waena o nā kumu ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, hana pinepine ka iwi makuahine o nā momi i nā momi o nā aka like ʻole. Maliʻa paha ka mea maʻamau o kēia ʻano Mekiko hou he kālā, a i kapa ʻia kekahi manawa he hina hina a he kālā hina, akā ʻaʻohe mea hemahema o ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ke gula, ke kila kila a me ka viole, me nā kani kani mai ka ʻulaʻula a i ka maka. I kēlā me kēia hihia, he kala ʻokoʻa ia i ka honua (a ma ke kahua o nā gems) e hoʻonui i kona ʻano a me kona waiwai.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hele ʻana i kāu mākeke mea hoʻonaninani. Ua loaʻa kēia mau momi i ka ʻae nui ʻia ma nā ʻāina ʻē, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻAʻohe ka nui o nā mea hoʻonaninani i ko mākou ʻāina, i ka wā i ʻike ai lākou i nā momi, nīnau aku iā lākou me ke ʻano hoʻohoka: "Akā no ke aha lākou paʻa?"
ʻO kahi hānai hoʻokahi
ʻO ka māla Perlas del Mar de Cortés ma Guaymas hāmama i ka lehulehu, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke aʻo e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana, e hoʻomaka ana i ka hopena o ka hoʻoilo, i ka wā e puka mai ai ka pūpū makuahine-o-momi. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka "hua" i loko o nā ʻeke ʻaka a, ʻoi aku ka nui iki, ke loaʻa ka pūpū, hele i nā ʻupena hānau. Ma hope, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻōpena, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi poepoe liʻiliʻi o ka pūpū makuahine-o-momi (me nā keikona e hana ana i ka momi-nui) i uhi ka mollusk iā ia me ka "pearl sac" i kapa ʻia. Ma kahi o 18 mau mahina ma hope mai, mākaukau ka momi hopena a hiki ke ʻohi ʻia.
ʻLelo i kēia ala, like ia me ke ʻano maʻalahi loa. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā mea āpau. Aia he tausani imponderable: ua kū ka mahiʻai i nā makani pāhū a ʻo kahi pū kahe o ke kahawai i ke kai kūʻono. No kā lākou ʻāpana, he maʻaleʻale ka mau ʻōlio i kekahi manawa a he mea pono e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka "mālama", ʻo ia hoʻi, e mālama i ko lākou olakino a hoʻokuʻu pinepine iā lākou i nā parasites. ʻO 15% wale nō o nā ʻōpili i hana i kahi momi salable i kēlā me kēia ʻano (ʻoiai he souvenir). A me he mea lā ʻaʻole lawa kēlā, ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa, mai ka wā e hānau ai ka ʻōpelu a hiki i ka wā e luku ʻia ai a loaʻa kāna momi, he ʻekolu a me ka hapa makahiki ka lōʻihi.
ʻOiai nā paʻakikī, ke hele nei ka mahiʻai mai ka ikaika a ka ikaika. Noho ma luna ona he ʻumikūmālima mau kānaka a ʻaʻohe mea e kipa aku iā Guaymas e hiki ke alo iā ia. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōtio i kā lākou ʻupena hoʻohua a i ʻole nā cages nui loa he hoihoi loa ia, e like me ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau momi Mekiko kūpilikiʻi a kū hoʻokahi hoʻi i kahi kokoke ...
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.
