Mary Allen
Ka Moolelo o ka Hoohana Reindeer
ʻO ka Reindeer, i kapa ʻia ʻo caribou, ua mālama ʻia e ka poʻe ʻōiwi ma ka ʻāina ʻo Arctic no nā kaukani makahiki. ʻO ka poʻe Sami o ʻEulopa ʻĀkau kekahi o ka poʻe mua i hānai i ka reindeer, hoʻohana iā lākou no ka lawe ʻana, nā meaʻai, nā lole, a me nā mea hana. Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia ka Reindeer ma ke ʻano he kālā a ua mahalo nui ʻia no kā lākou ʻiʻo a me nā kuʻekuʻe.
Ma waho aʻe o ka Sami, ʻo nā hui ʻōiwi ʻē aʻe e like me ka Nenets o Rusia, ka Inuit o Kanada, a me ka Evenki o Kina i hilinaʻi pū i nā reindeer hānai no ko lākou ola. I kēia lā, aia ma luna o 2 miliona mau reindeer home a puni ka honua, ma Rusia, Finland, Suedena, a me Norewai.
Ke ano kino o ka Reindeer
ʻO ka Reindeer kekahi ʻano dia ʻano nui, me nā kāne ke kaumaha a hiki i 700 paona a me nā wahine a hiki i 400 paona. Loaʻa iā lākou nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa e like me ka nui, concave hooves e kōkua iā lākou e hele ma luna o ka hau a me ka hau, a me kahi kapa hulu hulu e hāʻawi i ka insulation i nā mahana anuanu. Loaʻa i ka Reindeer kahi hoʻololi kūikawā i ko lākou ihu e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka ea a lākou e hanu ai ma mua o ke komo ʻana i loko o ko lākou māmā, e pale ana i ka nalowale ʻana o ka wela o ka hanu.
He mau kuo ko ka reindeer kane a me ka wahine, i hookaheia a ulu hou i kela makahiki keia makahiki. Hoʻohana ka reindeer kane i ko lākou mau kuʻekuʻe e hoʻokūkū ai i mau hoa i ka wā hānau, ʻoiai ʻo ka reindeer wahine e hoʻohana i kā lākou no ka pale ʻana mai nā mea ʻaihue. ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ka Reindeer no ko lākou hulu keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, e kōkua iā lākou e hui pū me ka hau i nā mahina hoʻoilo.