Marae: Amasayithi Ayingcwele eTahiti

Buyekeza okudlule kulezi zithempelini zasendulo zasePolynesia.

Ezinye zezindawo eziyingqayizivele kunazo zonke eTahiti zisezweni : amatshe amathambo (amathempeli) amaPolynesia asendulo ayeba ngcwele, futhi amaTahiti anamuhla ayenzayo namuhla. Ngesikhathi abasePolynesia bebelokhu behlonipha ulwandle, futhi iningi lezivakashi namuhla eTahiti liphathelene namachibi alo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, yilo lizwe eliphethe isihluthulelo salolo luhlobo lwemikhumbi yalo.

Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuqonda isiko lasendulo sasePolynesia ukuvakashela i- marae , Namuhla, iningi lama- marae liyizinqwaba zamatshe kuphela, kodwa ngaphambi kokufika kwabaseYurophu ekhulwini le-18, babeyizikhungo zomphakathi, ezombusazwe nezenkolo-kuhlanganise nabantu umhlatshelo.

Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nale mikhuba yasendulo, bhala ukuvakasha ku- marae nomhlahlandlela wendawo. Nansi umbono ongokomlando kanye nohlu lwamaningi amaningi okumele abone:

I- Marae ngesiTahiti Amasiko

AmaPolynesia yakudala ayengama-polytheists, okusho ukuthi ayekholelwa kunkulunkulu onkulunkulu abaningi, futhi ayeya kulawa mahempeli ukuze adumisa la onkulunkulu futhi abacele ukuba bathinte imicimbi efana nekhwalithi yezivuno zabo noma ukunqoba okumelene nezitha. Ku-dae kuphela kuphela onkulunkulu ( atua ngesiTahiti ) abangabizwa emhlabeni ngabapristi ( tahu'a ) ukuba bafake izithombe ezibaziweyo futhi banikele amadoda " mana ," amandla angcwele aphethwe impilo, ukuzala nokuningi. Abaphela kuphela onkulunkulu ababengabanika abantu, ngakho-ke kwakudingeka bahlale bebizwa njalo ngemikhuba eholwa ngumpristi futhi lokhu kungenziwa kuphela kuma- marae .

Imikhosi yama- marae yayihilela ukunikela iminikelo kunkulunkulu, njengoba mana yanikezelwa ngokunye okunye. Njengoba izipho ezingcono kakhulu ziyokwenza ukuphana (ukudoba okunengi, ukunqoba empini) kubonkulunkulu, isipho esikhulu kunazo zonke sasingokwenyama yomuntu.

Umhlatshelo wabantu wawuqhutshwa kulezi zimo ezithile kwi- marae yesikhulu sesifunda.

I-Marae Design

I- marae yayinegceke elixubile lamadwala ase-basalt nama-coral slabs ane-altare ( ahu ) lamatshe aqondile ngaphakathi. I- marae yayizungezwe udonga oluphansi lwamadwala amancane, manje ngokuyinhloko.

Ukuvakashela I- Marae

Ungathola i- marae kuzo zonke iziqhingi, kodwa okubaluleke kunazo zonke yi-Taputapuatea marae eRaiatea, ebhekwa njengeyona ebaluleke kakhulu e-Society Islands, "umkhuhlane" wezentuthuko yasePolynesia nendawo lapho abahamba ngePolynesia bashiya khona ukuxazulula ezinye iziqhingi i-South Pacific; UMayirea Rahi wahlala kuHuahine, ozinikele kuTane, unkulunkulu oyinhloko walesi siqhingi; futhi i-Arahura i- Tahiti , evuselelwe ngokugcwele futhi isetshenziselwa ukufaniswa kwemikhosi yasendulo phakathi nemikhosi ye-Heiva Nui yokudansa ngoJulayi.

Mayelana noMlobi

U-Donna Heiderstadt ungumlobi wezokuvakasha wase-New York City-based based and based editor who has spent her life pursuing her two main desires: writing and exploring the world.