Ko ha Fehuʻi Fakatupu Puputuʻu

ʻOKU lahi mo kehekehe ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e moʻuí pea mo e maté. ʻOku fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi ʻe hokohoko atu pē ʻenau moʻuí ʻi he hili ʻa e maté, ʻi ha sino ʻe taha pe ʻi ha feituʻu ʻe taha. ʻOku fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi ʻe toe fanauʻi foʻou kinautolu ke nau moʻui ʻi ha moʻui ʻe taha. Lolotonga iá ʻoku fakakaukau ʻa e niʻihi ko e maté ʻoku ngata ai ʻa e meʻa kotoa.

ʻOku ʻi ai pē nai hoʻo tui ʻaʻau fekauʻaki mo e kaveingá ni, ʻo fakatuʻunga ʻi hono tauhi hake koé pe ʻi he puipuituʻa fakafonuá. Koeʻuhi ʻoku mātuʻaki kehekehe ʻa e fakakaukau ki he meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi he maté, ʻoku ʻi ai nai ha taha pe ko ha feituʻu ʻe lava ke tau hanga ki ai ki ha ngaahi tali alafalalaʻanga mo moʻoni ki he fehuʻi fakatupu puputuʻu ko ení?

Kuo akoʻi ʻe he kau taki lotú ʻi he laui senituli ʻa e tokāteline fekauʻaki mo e taʻefaʻamate ʻa e laumālie ʻo e tangatá. Ko e kau muimui ʻo e meimei ngaahi lotu lalahi kotoa pē—faka-Kalisitiané, faka-Hinituú, faka-Siú, Mosilemí, mo e ngaahi lotu kehe—ʻoku nau tui ki he ʻi ai ha laumālie taʻefaʻamate, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē tokua ʻoku hao moʻui ʻi he mate ʻa e sinó ʻo hokohoko atu ʻene moʻuí ʻi ha nofoʻanga laumālie. Ko e kau lotu Putá, ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku nau tui fakafou ʻi he toe fanauʻi foʻou taʻefaʻalaua, ko e mālohi, pe ivi fakaʻatamai ʻi loto ʻi ha taha ʻe lava ke aʻu ia ki ha tuʻunga fakafiefia ʻoku ui ko e Nevana.

Fakafou ʻi he ngaahi akonaki ko iá, kuo hoko ai ʻa e kakai tokolahi takatakai ʻi he māmaní ʻo tui ʻoku fakaava ʻi he maté ʻa e matapā ki he moʻuí ʻi ha toe māmani ʻe taha. Ko ia ai, ki he tokolahi, ko e maté ko ha sitepu mahuʻinga ia ʻi he vilo takai ʻa e moʻuí, pea ʻoku hā kiate kinautolu ko e maté ko ha konga ia ʻo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ka ko e hā ʻa e lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni? Kātaki ʻo lau ʻa e kupu hokó. Te ke ʻohovale nai ʻi he tali ʻoku ʻomai aí.