ʻO ʻAukake kēia, i ka hapa lua o ke kauwela. I kēia manawa o ka makahiki, ʻo ka hōʻike aʻu e nānā ai ma lalo e hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā ma kahi o ka hola 7:00 o ke ahiahi.
Hoʻomaka ia me ka palupalu o ke kukui. Hoemi ka wela. Nānā nā mākaʻi i ka lani e hoʻomākaukau ana e leʻaleʻa i kekahi o nā napoʻo nani loa e ʻike ʻia ma ka honua. ʻākala ākea i ka poni hohonu; mai ka melemele palu a i ka ʻalani ʻulaʻula. No hoʻokahi hola a ʻoi paha, ʻo mākou o ka poʻe i ka maka o ka hōkele e nānā i kā mākou kāmela kiʻi e lawe i kēia home kamahaʻo a waiwai nui ia.
ʻO ka hōkele i ʻōlelo ʻia, no kēia manawa, ʻo ia wale nō ma San Felipe, kahi awa lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi e kū ana i ka muʻu i ke kūkulu ʻākau o ka penikala ʻo Yucatan.
ʻO ka lawaiʻa ke kumu o ka hoʻokele waiwai o kāna 2,100 poʻe. No ʻekolu mau makahiki i hoʻoponopono ʻia ai kēia hana a mahalo ka poʻe lawaiʻa i nā kau pani a hopu ʻole i nā wahi hānau a me nā wahi a nā holoholona ʻōpio e puʻuhonua ai.
I loko nō o ka hana nui ʻana, he lokomaikaʻi ke kai; ke hoʻomaka ke kau ula, ʻo kahi laʻana, komo ka hopu heʻe. I kekahi ʻaoʻao, hana ʻia ka lawaiʻa unahi i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. Mālama ʻia nā tone o kēia huahana i nā lumi anuanu o ka mea kōkua e hoʻoneʻe ʻia i nā kikowaena hāʻawi. Ma ke ala, hoihoi ka lawaiʻa lawaiʻa: ma kēlā me kēia moku e kau ʻia nā ʻohe ʻohe ʻelua i kapa ʻia ʻo jimbas, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai nā pāpaʻi Moorish e like me ka maunu. Huki ka moku iā lākou ma ka moana kai a i ka wā e ʻike ai ka heʻe i ka crustacean, puka ia i waho o kona wahi hūnā e ʻahaʻaina ai. Piʻi ia ma luna o kāna mea pio a i kēlā manawa e haʻalulu i ka jimba maʻalahi, a laila hāpai ka lawaiʻa i ka laina a hoʻokuʻu i ka pāpaʻi mai ka mea nāna i hopu mai ma ke kau ʻana i loko o kāna hīnaʻi. Hoʻohana ʻia kahi pāpaʻi ola hoʻokahi e kiʻi i ʻeʻe mau heʻe.
Mahanahana a launa ka poʻe o San Felipe, e like me nā poʻe āpau o ka peninsula. Kūkulu lākou i ko lākou mau hale me boxwood, chacté, sapote, jabín, a pēlā aku, pena ʻia i nā kala ʻōlinolino. Ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hana ʻia nā hale i ka lāʻau kedera a me ka mahogany, i hoʻonani ʻia me ka varnish wale nō e hōʻike ana i ka palaoa nani. Minamina, ʻo kēia mau kūkulu ʻana he kakaikahi wale nō nā vestiges i koe, e like me ka Hurricane Gilberto i kū ai iā San Felipe ma Kepakemapa 14, 1988, kahili maoli i ke awa. ʻO ka wiwo ʻole a me ke kūpaʻa o kāna poʻe e noho ana ua hanau hou ʻo San Felipe.
I kēia manawa, holo maikaʻi ke ola ma San Felipe. Akoakoa ka poʻe ʻōpio e inu i ka hau ma luna o ka papa hele wāwae ma hope o ka lā Sābati, ʻoiai e noho ana ka poʻe kahiko e kamaʻilio a nānā i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku i ia wahi. Akā, ua lilo kēia maluhia i leʻaleʻa i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa a ka patron Saint San Fripe de Jesús a me Santo Domingo, mai Pepeluali 1 a 5, a mai ʻAukake 1 a i ka 8.
Hoʻomaka ka pāʻina me ka "alborada" a i ʻole "vaquería", kahi hulahula me kahi pāʻina i ka hale aliʻi; Hele nā wahine me kā lākou mau lole mestizo, kāhiko nui ʻia, a hele pū nā kāne me lākou me nā lole keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a me "guayabana". I kēia manawa, ua lei aliʻi ka wahine ʻōpio, ʻo ia ka mōʻī wahine o ka pāʻina no ʻewalu mau lā.
I nā lā aʻe ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā "guilds", ma hope o ka nui o ka hoʻohanohano o ka mea mālama, a me kahi pāʻina e hele lākou i ka huakaʻi ma nā alanui o ke kaona, mai ka hale pule a i ka hale o kekahi o nā mea i komo kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hale hoʻolei kaupaku pepa kiniki. A laila haʻalele ʻo ia, ʻai a inu i ka pia. Komo nā ʻuniona i kēia ʻaha aʻe: ka wanaʻao, keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine, nā lede a me nā keonimana, nā lawaiʻa a, ʻo ka hope loa, nā kahu hānai.
I ke awakea aia nā hakakā bipi a me "charlotada" (nā clowns e hakakā ana i nā bipi wahine), nā animated a pau e ka pā kaona. I ka hopena o ka lā e ʻākoakoa ka poʻe i loko o ka hale lole me ka māmā a me ke kani ma kahi a lākou e hulahula a inu ai. I ka pō pani e hoʻohenehene ʻia ka hulahula e kahi hui.
No ka mea aia ia i ka lua wai i palena ʻia e nā mokupuni mangrove, ʻaʻohe kahakai kūpono o San Felipe; akā naʻe, wikiwiki a maʻalahi hoʻi ka puka i ke Kai Caribbean. Ma ke awa pae he mau moku kaʻa no nā malihini kipa, a ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelima mau minuke kea i ka 1 800 m o ka lua wai e wehe i ke kai turquoise, kona one keʻokeʻo a me kona nani pau ʻole. ʻO ka manawa kēia e leʻaleʻa ai ka lā a me ka wai. E hoʻokokoke aku ka moku iā mākou i kahi nui o nā mokupuni, nona ke one keʻokeʻo a palupalu, maikaʻi e like me ka talc. Hele iki i ke kahakai e lawe iā mākou i nā lagoon brackish ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa ma waena o ka mokupuni a me ka mokupuni, kahi hapa e hūnā ʻia e nā mea kanu. Ma laila mākou i ʻike ai i kahi hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā holoholona lū: snipe, seagulls, herons and herons splashing around in the silt in search of crabs or "cacerolitas", small fish and mollusks. I ka manawa koke, kū mai kahi mea haʻohaʻo i mua o kā mākou mau maka hoihoi: lele kahi ʻāpana o ka lapalapa ʻana, e lele mālie ana a ʻūlū ʻana i ka hulu o nā hulu ʻulaʻula, nā nuku ʻūlū a me nā wāwae lōʻihi i ka wai mālie. Aia kēia mau manu kupaianaha i ko lākou wahi noho ma aneʻi, a ma ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e hoʻopuni ana i nā mokupuni e hānai a hanau hou lākou, e pīpī nei me kā lākou kala ʻalani nani ka turquoise nani o ka wai, i kūkulu ʻia e ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka nahele ma lalo o ka mānoanoa.
ʻO ka kipa ʻana iā San Felipe kahi ʻahaʻaina na nā maka, e hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ea maʻemaʻe, ka noho mālie a me ka wai aniani moakaka; leʻaleʻa i ka ʻono o ka ʻula, snail, ʻoheʻe ... E ʻoluʻolu ʻoe e ka lā nui a ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokipa ʻia e kona poʻe. Hoʻi hou kekahi i ka home ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma kahi e like me kēia, i ka pili ʻana me kēia honua puʻupaʻa. ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe e makemake e noho mau?
Punawai: ʻInikiko ʻike ʻole ʻia No. 294 / ʻAukake 2001
