Mary Allen
He ʻano iʻa ka carp i loaʻa ma nā wahi nui o ʻEulopa i kēia mau lā. He kino palahalaha ko ke ka'a ahiu a he mau unahi ko lakou. He ʻoliva ʻōmaʻomaʻo ko lākou kua a he keʻokeʻo ka ʻōpū a melemele. Kaulana ia ma ke ʻano he iʻa meaʻai.
Ma ka nahelehele, he 30 a 40 kenimika ka lōʻihi o ka carp. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kekahi kaʻa ma mua o hoʻokahi mika a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o 40 kilokani. ʻO ka carp nui loa i hopu ʻia ma kahi o 52 kilokani a hele mai mai kahi loko i Hungary.
Noho ʻo Carps i ka wai maʻemaʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ma nā loko a me nā muliwai. Ua ʻoluʻolu loa lākou i nā wai mahana a kahe mālie. ʻO ia ke kumu e ʻike ʻia ai lākou ma nā ʻāpana muliwai e waiho ana ma nā awāwa palahalaha. Hui pū lākou i laila e hoʻopalau.
ʻAi nui nā carps i nā holoholona liʻiliʻi i loaʻa iā lākou ma lalo o ka wai. ʻO kēia mau mea, no ka laʻana, plankton, worms, larvae insect, a me snails. He kakaikahi wale nō ka iʻa ʻaʻai, no laila ʻai lākou i nā iʻa ʻē aʻe.
No ke Kai ʻEle paha ke kaʻa. Laha aʻela ia i ʻEulopa ma ka Danube a māhuahua maikaʻi. I kēia mau lā naʻe, ua pōʻino i kēia mau wahi. Ma nā wahi komohana ʻē aʻe, ua lawe nā kānaka iā lākou iho. I kēia lā, hoʻoweliweli pinepine ia i nā ʻano iʻa ʻē aʻe ma laila.
He aha ka manaʻo o ka carp no ka moʻomeheu meaʻai?
ʻOiai i ka wā kahiko, ua hōʻike ka poʻe Roma i ka lawaiʻa carp ma Carnuntum, kahi kūlanakauhale kahiko ma Austria i kēia manawa. I ia manawa hoʻomaka nō hoʻi nā kānaka e hanau kaʻa. ʻO kēia ka hopena i nā ʻano hoʻohua like ʻole, i kēia manawa ʻokoʻa loa kekahi i kekahi. Ua nalowale kekahi o lākou i ko lākou mau unahi, akā ua nui a mānoanoa a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki.
I ka Middle Ages, he kīʻaha kaulana ka carp i kēlā mau lā i pāpā ai ka hale pule Katolika i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo. He ʻoiaʻiʻo loa kēia i nā lā 40 o ka hoʻokē ʻai ma mua o ka Easter. A laila ua hoʻololi lākou i ka iʻa ʻai.
I ka hānau ʻana, ʻauʻau ke kaʻa i loko o nā loko i hana ʻia. Ma Polani a me Czech Republic, a ma kekahi mau wahi o Kelemania a me Austria, ua ʻai ʻia ka carp i kēia manawa ma ka Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou.
Ma Switzerland, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, liʻiliʻi ka ʻike e pili ana i ka carp. ʻAʻole paha ʻo ia i hele maoli mai i kēia ʻāina. ʻOi aku ka ʻai ʻana o ka Salmon i ʻau i ka Rhine ma ʻaneʻi. Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia ka iʻa kūloko ma ke ʻano he iʻa mahiʻai.