UTUROA, Raiatea—Kyaftin James Cook, babban mai binciken Tekun Fasifik, shine Bature na farko da ya “gano” Raiatea, sa’ad da ya kafa Endeavor a cikin tafkin a Opoa, kudancin nan, a watan Yuli 1769. Abin mamaki, shi ne gaskiyar cewa yana da kyau “ba a gano shi ba” daga yamma a yau wanda ke ba wa wannan tsibiri mai cike da fara'a.
Ba kamar maƙwabtan tsibiran Polynesia na Faransa kamar Tahiti, Bora Bora da Moorea ba, tare da wuraren shakatawa masu kyau waɗanda aka tsara don yawan yawon buɗe ido daga Arewacin Amurka da Ostiraliya / New Zealand, Raiatea ba shi da ingantaccen kayan aikin yawon shakatawa.
Wannan yana nufin ta hanyoyi da yawa redolent na Kudancin Pacific na tsohon, wani tsibiri mai barci wanda W. Somerset Maugham, marubucin tarihin Tekun Kudu a kwata na farko na ƙarni na ƙarshe, zai iya samun masaniya a yau.
Uturoa ita ce cibiyar gudanarwa na tsibirin, amma har yanzu ƙaramin gari ne mai barci wanda yake rayuwa ne kawai lokacin da wani jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu ya tashi da kuma ranar Lahadi da yamma lokacin da mutane ke fitowa daga ƙauyuka da ke kusa don yaƙin da ke cikin yankin. Kwanci tashi sosai direbobi ba sa barin tagogin mota a buɗe cikin zafin rana, har ma a buɗe suke.
Garin ya samo asali ne daga shekarun 1820 lokacin da Rev. John Williams na kungiyar Mishan ta London ya fara yada addinin Kiristanci ta cikin tsibiran Kudancin Pacific. Cocin Furotesta dake arewacin garin yana da baƙar fata dutsen tunawa da Williams, tare da alamar a cikin yaruka da yawa.
Amma, abin mamaki, babu abin tunawa ga Omai, ɗan asalin Raiatea wanda shine ɗan Polynesia na farko da aka gani a Biritaniya. Kyaftin Cook, a tafiyarsa ta biyu zuwa Tekun Kudu a 1773, ya yi abokantaka da Omai kuma ya dauki matashin tare da shi.
"Maɗaukaki mai daraja" ya zama abin mamaki a cikin salon London. Manyan masu fasaha sun zana shi (hoton Joshua Reynolds yana rataye a Tate Gallery na London). Kuma an gabatar da shi ga Sarki George III da Sarauniya Charlotte a Fadar Kew.
Raiatean ya kuma yi matukar burge Dokta Samuel Johnson, babban marubuci kuma mawallafin kamus (kuma mutumin da ya hada ƙamus na Turanci na farko).
Omai ya yi shekara biyu a Ingila kafin ya koma Kudancin Fasifik tare da Cook, yana yin fassarar a Tonga da Tsibirin Society, kafin Cook ya kai shi tsibirin Huahine, inda ma’aikatan jirgin suka gina masa gida.
Cook ya fara sauka, bayan ya keta tafkin da ke kewaye, a Te Ava Moa Pass. Ana mutunta takardar wucewa a Polynesia a matsayin wurin tashi ga manyan kwale-kwalen da suka yi hijira don gano Hawaii da New Zealand. Kusa akwai marae (kalmar tana nufin wuri mai tsarki) mai suna Taputapuatea. Wurin bautar dutse, wanda aka keɓe ga tsohon gunkin Polynesia Oro, an sake dawo da shi a cikin 1960s. Ya shimfida kusan hekta [2 1/2 acres].
Raiatea kuma ya shahara da masu takawa, ƴan asalin ƙasa marasa takalmi waɗanda ke tafiya akan garwashi mai zafi. Wannan fasaha ce daga uba zuwa ɗa, amma, abin mamaki, masu ziyara ba za su ga ana yin ta a nan ba, domin, an gaya mini cewa, manyan wuraren shakatawa na Tahiti da Bora Bora ne suka kama masu aikin kashe gobara, waɗanda ke baje kolin gasa. bakinsu. SHIGA
ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- Uturoa ita ce cibiyar gudanarwa na tsibirin, amma har yanzu ƙaramin gari ne mai barci wanda yake rayuwa ne kawai lokacin da wani jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu ya tashi da kuma ranar Lahadi da yamma lokacin da mutane ke fitowa daga ƙauyuka da ke kusa don yaƙin da ke cikin yankin.
- Omai ya yi shekara biyu a Ingila kafin ya koma Kudancin Fasifik tare da Cook, yana yin fassarar a Tonga da Tsibirin Society, kafin Cook ya kai shi tsibirin Huahine, inda ma’aikatan jirgin suka gina masa gida.
- UTUROA, Raiatea—Captain James Cook, the great explorer of the Pacific, was the first European to “discover” Raiatea, when he anchored the Endeavour in the lagoon at Opoa, south of here, in July 1769.
