ʻO nā kauhale nui, e like me Tomaltepec, El Tule, Etla a me Xaguía e hoʻouna i ko lākou mau ʻelele i ka hālāwai, e mālama ʻia i ke kauhale o Mogote, kahi a lākou i kūkulu ai i kahi lumi nui i hana ʻia me ka pōhaku a me ka adobe, ʻo ia hoʻi no kēia ʻano ʻaha.
I Mogote ua hoʻomanawanui loa ke aliʻi; pono ʻo ia e kahili i ka lumi, poli i ka papahele me ka lepo a me nā paia me ka lime hou; Ua lawa kāna mau tortilla, nā pi a me nā kokoleka i hana ʻia, no ka mea ma kekahi ʻano ua like ka hui me kahi pāʻina; e hele mai nā komisina mai nā kauhale ʻē aʻe e hoʻolauleʻa i kahi hanana nui e hoʻololi i ko lākou hopena.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hui ʻana o nā poʻo kumu me nā nīnū, nā pahu a me nā ʻāpā; ʻO kēia ka manawa e hoʻokipa ai iā lākou, ʻo lākou a me kā lākou mau ukali.
I ka manawa hope loa e hōʻea ana lākou, e hāpai ana i ka mōhai a noi aku i ko lākou akua no ka ʻae e hehi i ka ʻāina haole. Hāʻawi hoʻokahi lākou i kā lākou mōhai maʻalahi i ka Haku o Mogote: mole casseroles, tortillas, cocoa, blankets and copal, e hoʻomaka i ka hālāwai me kahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka hale nui, ua ʻōlelo nā ʻelemakule.
"ʻO ka manawa kēia e hui hou i ko mākou mau kauhale i hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole pono mākou e kaʻawale no ka mea ua pio maʻalahi mākou i nā ʻenemi kokoke; Pono mākou e ʻike i kahi kikowaena mai laila e hoʻohui i ko mākou ikaika a me ka mana, Ua kokoke ka hopena o kēia milenio a ʻōlelo nā puke e pono mākou e loli e hoʻomaka i kahi wā hou, piha i ka mana a me ka ikaika, a ʻaʻohe hōʻike maopopo o kahi pono ʻoe e hoʻohui i nā kaiāulu hou ”.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi: “ʻO ʻoukou nā luna, ka poʻe ʻōpio i kēia manawa, ke manaʻo nei ʻaʻohe kumu o ka wikiwiki, akā ʻo ko mākou hopena ia; inā he uniona aia ka mana, aia ka ikaika. Akā ʻaʻole ia he mana moemoeā, pono ʻoe e hana nui, a e hoʻokō iā ia, e hoʻoikaika kākou e hoʻokō i kēlā hui. Ua ʻōlelo ke akua, ʻaʻole wahaheʻe a ʻike ʻoe; I ko mākou mau kauhale ʻike mākou i nā mea āpau, pehea e kūkulu ai, e ʻimi ai, e lūlū ai; he mea kālepa maikaʻi nō hoʻi mākou a ʻōlelo mākou i ka ʻōlelo like. No ke aha mākou e noho kaʻawale ai? Na ke akua i ʻōlelo, pono mākou e hoʻohui i nā kauhale inā makemake mākou e nui.
Nīnau maila kahi aliʻi: “Pehea, e nā ʻelemākule mākua, he aha ka mākou e hana ai i kēlā hui ʻana? Pehea e mahalo ai ko mākou poʻe iā mākou? ʻO wai e makemake e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i kahi kauhale maʻamau? ".
Pane ka mea kahiko loa: "Ua ʻike wau i koʻu ola i nā lāhui like ʻole me kā mākou a me nā ʻohana he nui e like me mākou; maikaʻi lākou a pau, nui a hanohano, akā ʻaʻohe puʻuwai. ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e hana ai, ka puʻuwai nui o ko mākou poʻe, ka puʻuwai o ko mākou ola, o kā mākou keiki a me nā akua. Kūpono ko mākou mau akua a me nā akua wahine i ko lākou wahi, ma laila, kokoke i ka lani, me nā poʻe a me nā kānaka, mai hoʻokau i ka nui o ke kumukūʻai e hana ai, no ka mea, he lima kā mākou, ko mākou ikaika a me ka ʻike. E hoʻonui mākou i ka naʻau o ko mākou poʻe kānaka! E hele mai ka mahalo mai kēlā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa ”.
Me ka ʻae o ka poʻe i hele, ua ʻae ʻia ka pilina nui ma waena o nā kauhale āpau o ke awāwa o Oaxaca e hoʻokō i kahi pahuhopu like: e hoʻolilo i ke kapikala o ka honua Zapotec.
A laila hoʻonohonoho lākou i ka hana o ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi maikaʻi loa a loaʻa iā ia ma ke kuahiwi e kū ana ma ke komohana o ke awāwa, kahi e manaʻo ai paha ka poʻe mai nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe e hoʻouka kaua, ma ka Cerro del Tigre.
I nā kauhale, like nā mea āpau, hana lākou, kanu a noho pū, koe wale nō ke aliʻi, ʻo ia ke kuleana o ke kipa ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā akua, no laila hoʻonohonoho nā poʻo poʻo i kā lākou mau mea kākau hale maikaʻi loa e hoʻolālā i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ia ka puʻuwai o ka honua Zapotec. .
Ua hana ʻia kēia hanana i 2,500 mau makahiki i hala. ʻO nā kauhale āpau o ke awāwa, nui a liʻiliʻi, hana ʻia i ka ʻoihana o ke kūkulu ʻana i ko lākou kapikala. Ua lilo kēia i kūlanakauhale nui, me nā wahi nui e kūkulu ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ua ʻike ka Zapotecs e mau ana ko lākou poʻe no nā kenekulia he nui, he heihei lākou i kāhea ʻia ma hope o ka hope.
ʻO ka hopena o kēia kuʻikahi o nā kauhale nui ʻo Oani Báa (Monte Albán), ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Zapotec, kahi a nā kaiāulu āpau i ʻike ai ʻo ia ka puʻuwai o ka honua, i launa pū me ko lākou mau hoahānau lāhui i ke awāwa ʻo Oaxaca.
I ka manawa i koho ʻia ai lākou, ua hoʻoholo nā aliʻi hou o ke kūlanakauhale e hana i nā hoʻouka kaua e hōʻoia i ka hana like ʻana o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me ka papahana kūkulu nui a hāʻawi i ka hana, nā mea pono, nā meaʻai a, ʻo ka mea nui, nā wai e like me ka mea i mahalo nui ʻia. No ka loaʻa ʻana, pono ia e lawe i nā ipu a me nā ipu hao mai ka muliwai Atoyac; No kēia kumu, i ka wā o ke kūkulu ʻana, ua ʻike ʻia nā laina lōʻihi o ka poʻe e hāpai ana i ka wai i luna o nā kuahiwi e hiki aku ai i Monte Albán.
Me ka kūkulu ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi ala hou o ka nohoaliʻi ʻana, aia nā aliʻi o nā kauhale ma lalo o nā aliʻi hou, ʻo ia ka poʻe naʻauao loa no ka mea he kahuna a koa lākou. E kāohi lākou mai ia manawa mai nā hopena o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā kaona o ka moku ʻo Oaxaca, ua pani lākou i ka mana o ka honua Zapotec hou.
Puna: Nā paukū o ka mōʻaukala No. 3 Monte Albán a me nā Zapotecs / ʻOkakopa 2000
