Ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Maya ʻokoʻa, nui ka poʻe o mākou e manaʻo nei ua kipa mākou i nā pūnaewele ʻoi loa a me ka hapa nui: Palenque, Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Bonampak. E ʻike iā Calakmul!
ʻO Calakmul, kahi huaʻōlelo Maya i manaʻo ʻia "ʻelua mau piramida kokoke", ua bapetizo ʻia e like me kēia e ka botanist ʻO Cyrus L. Lundell i mua o 1931. Aia ia ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Campeche, ma loko o ka Waihona Biosfir o ka inoa like a noho ma kahi o 3,000 hectares i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi ululāʻau paʻa. ʻEkolu mau hui nui o nā hale i ʻike ʻia a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻo ka mea ma ke komohana e hōʻike ana i kona mau hale ma kahi ākea o nā paepae i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā ākea. ʻO kahi hui like, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ʻike ʻia ma ka hikina. Ma waena o kēia mau mea aia ke kikowaena kikowaena e uhi ana i kahi o 400 x 400 mau mika, kahi o ka pyramid nui loa a i ʻole Kūlana II aʻo nā ākea ākea ākea nā mea nui.
Ma ke kikowaena wahi ka kāhea Huinahā nui, nona nā hale i hoʻonohonoho 'ia a puni kahi ākea, e like me nā kaona o ke kaona ʻO Tikal (Guatemala), a me nā kikoʻī Uaxactún. Ma kēia pākaukau ka wā o nā hale mai nā manawa a pau o ka noho ʻana o ka pūnaewele, e hōʻike ana i kona hoʻomau ʻana ma waena o nā kenekulia he ʻumikūmālua. ʻO ka Kūlana II Loaʻa iā ia kahi hale kahiko loa, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi lumi 22 m2, kaupaku ʻia me kahi waihona ipu. ʻO kahi ʻahaʻaina no nā maka ka hoʻonaninani kupanaha o kona frieze, e pili ana i nā masks stucco nunui e hōʻoia ana i kēia waiwai ma mua o nā kūkulu pōhaku o Uaxactún a ʻO ka mea nānā, a i kēia manawa i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mua o ka ʻāina. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia i nā hale ma kēia wahi waena, me kahi ʻano palatial, hoʻokō i nā hana a me nā hana maʻamau.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoihoi nui o ka pūnaewele ka helu maikaʻi o nā stelae, waiho pono ʻia i nā laina maʻamau a i ʻole nā hui, i mua o nā alapiʻi a me nā helehelena o nā kūkulu pyramidal. Ua kākau ʻia ka moʻolelo o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko iā lākou, a i kēia lā ʻae lākou iā mākou e komo hohonu i kāna moʻomeheu. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia nā pōhaku pōʻai maikaʻi a ʻelua a maikaʻi hoʻi e ko lākou kūlana a me nā rarity i loko o ka pōʻaiapili Maya.
Nā waiwai holoʻokoʻa
Me ka hopohopo ʻole, nui a hewahewa nā ʻano e hoʻolilo i kēia wahi i wahi kūikawā no ka mōʻaukala o nā kānaka. ʻO Calakmul hōʻike i kahi moʻokūʻikena kūikawā a mālama maikaʻi ʻia me nā wahi ākea, kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ke kauhale-kuhina i loaʻa iā ia ma mua o nā kenekulia he ʻumi. ʻO kāna stelae hoʻomanaʻo (120 i hoʻopakele ʻia a hiki i kēia lā) he hōʻike kupaianaha loa ia no ka hana Maya. Ma ke ʻano laulā, he laʻana maikaʻi loa ia o ke kūlanakauhale nui o Mayan a me kāna mau ʻōpala hoʻonaninani e hōʻike nei i ke ola politika a me ka ʻuhane o kāna poʻe kamaʻāina kahiko.
Ma kahi o ka makahiki 900 ua pau kēia wahi kupaianaha i kēlā kūlanakauhale nani. Ua haʻalele loa ʻia i nā makahiki 1530-1540, i ka wā e naʻi aupuni ana Alonso de Avila alakaʻi i kahi mikioni nānā i kēia ʻāpana o ka peninsula.
No kā mākou waiwai, ʻoka hoʻomau lākou e hoʻopūʻiwa iā mākou me kā lākou mau hōʻike piha o ke kiʻi a me ka mōʻaukala.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻoilina honua na ka UNESCO, ma Iune 27, 2002.
