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Kua roa noa atu te wā, i te pūmatua o te ao hokohoko, i titiro ngā kanohi o te ao ki tētahi wāhi i Āhia ki te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti—he rohe i mōhiotia i muri mai ko ngā Moutere Kakara. I konei, i ngā ngahere ngūngū o Initonīhia, ka tupu ngā taonga tūturu i huri i te aronga o te ao, i whakatairanga i te hokohoko, i whakaoho i ngā pakanga, ā, i hanga hoki i te ara o te hītori. Mai i ngā hōroi kakara o Īhipa onamata ki ngā kīhini papai o Ūropi, ko ngā hua o te whenua o Initonīhia—ko te Pala (Nutmeg), te Bunga Pala (Mace), te Cengkeh (Cloves), me te Kayu Manis (Cinnamon)—he mea nui tonu ki te ao.
Ko tēnei hīkoi ki muri i te wā ka torotoro i ngā hītori kōingongoi, ngā tikanga ahumāra motuhake, me ngā kōrero ohorere e hāngai ana ki ēnei kai kakara whakahirahira. He kōrero tēnei mō te wā i paiherea te mana, te taonga, me te manaakitanga ki te kakara o tētahi huarākau ririki, ki te pūpū o tētahi pua, ki te kiri o tētahi rākau.
I roto i ngā taonga whakahirahira katoa o Initonīhia, ko te Pala me te Bunga Pala pea ngā mea tino hītori o te katoa. He mea māhanga mai i te rākau kotahi, te Myristica fragrans, he kakara motuhake tō ia o rāua, ā, he kōrero tō ia o rāua mō te mana me te hokohoko o te ao.
Ko te Pala, he mea mōhiotia i ngā iwi taketake o Banda hei Pala, he nati pakeke, he kakara reka, he paku kawa tōna. Kua roa te wā e whakamahia ana hei kai whakapūmu, hei rongoā, ā, i tētahi wā, hei rongoā mō te whiu, e whakapono ana ngā Pākehā i ngā rautau 17.
Ko ngā Moutere Banda, he roopu moutere ririki i te moana o Maluku, Initonīhia, koia anake te wāhi i tupu ai te rākau pala i mua. Ko tēnei mana motuhake i homai he mana nui ki ngā kainoho o Banda, ā, i huri hoki i ngā moutere hei pokapū o te hokohoko ao. I tino nui te uara o te pala i te wā o ngā rautau waenga i Ūropi; i tētahi wā, he rite te uara o te pala ki te koura i runga i te taumaha. He tohu tēnei o te mana me te taonga, he mea i hokona, i pānuitia hei mea whakahirahira i ngā tūnga papai o te iwi.
I te taha o te pala e takoto ana te Bunga Pala, he mea takai i te nati. Ko te Bunga Pala he paparanga whero, he rite ki te mataitai, he kakara ngāwari ake, he mahana ake i te pala ake. Ko tōna ahua ngawari me tōna tae hāwhero-whero i tino pai ai ki ngā kaitao me ngā tohunga rongoā hoki. He mea whakamahia te Bunga Pala ki ngā kai reka, ngā kai mīti, ā, he rongoā hoki mō ngā mate puku.
Ko te uara o te Bunga Pala he rite tonu ki tō te pala, ā, i te nuinga o te wā ka hokona tahi rāua, ahakoa he paku rerekē ngā uara. He rite ki te pala, he mea huna hoki tōna wāhi tupu ki ngā Moutere Banda, ā, i whai wāhi nui hoki ki ngā whawhai me ngā whakataetae i waenga i ngā mana Pākehā mo te mana o ngā kai kakara.
Ko te hītori o te pala me te Bunga Pala kua rarakahia ki te toto, te tinihanga, me te tohetohe. Ko ngā Pōtikī, ngā Tatimana, me ngā Ingarihi i whawhai tahi mō te mana motuhake o ngā Moutere Banda, me te hiahia kia mau i te mana katoa o te hokohoko pala. I te rautau 17, ka noho ngā Tatimana hei mana matua, ka whakahaere i ngā tauhokohoko katoa mā te whakamahi i te kaha me te nanakia. Ka tata te patua katoatia ngā kainoho taketake o Banda, ka whakakīa te whenua ki ngā kaimahi hōia, kia mau ai te mana o te mahi pala.
Ko te pūtaketanga o ngā mahi ahumāra i taua wā he tino pakeke, he kino hoki. Ko ngā rākau pala e tupu ana i te āhuarangi ngūngū o Initonīhia, e hiahia ana ki te oneone whai kiko, ki te ua nui, me te pāmahana mahana. Ka puawai ngā pua i muri i ngā tau e 5-8, ā, ka puta mai ngā hua i muri tata mai. Kia oti te kohi, ka wehea te Bunga Pala i te nati, ka maroketia te nati kia rite ai ki te hoko. Ahakoa ngā uauatanga o te mahi ahuwhenua me te hokohoko, i noho tonu te pala me te Bunga Pala hei tohu o te mana me te manawa kai o te tangata.
I tua atu i ngā māhanga o Banda, ko te Cengkeh (Cloves) tētahi atu taonga i ahu mai i ngā Moutere Maluku, Initonīhia. Ko te Cengkeh, he pūpū pua maroke o te rākau Syzygium aromaticum, he mea mōhiotia mo tōna kakara kaha, tōna reka raukikini, ā, he roa noa atu te hītori o te whakamahinga hei rongoā, hei kai, hei hōroi hoki.
Ko te Cengkeh te kai kakara tuatahi i tino whai i te ao. Kua whakamahia te Cengkeh i Haina mai i te 200 BC hei kai hōroi mō te manawa, hei rongoā hoki mō te mamae niho. Ka hokona mai e ngā kaihokohoko Arapi ki Ūropi i ngā rautau waenga, ka tino nui te hiahia o ngā rangatira Pākehā ki tōna reka me ōna painga hauora.
Ko ngā Moutere o Ternate me Tidore, he wāhi hoki i ngā Moutere Maluku, koia anake ngā wāhi i tupu ai te rākau Cengkeh i mua. Ko ngā Sultan o ēnei moutere i tino kaha, i whai taonga hoki i ngā tauhokohoko Cengkeh. Ka rite ki te pala, ka whawhai hoki ngā mana Pākehā mō te mana o te Cengkeh. I te mutunga, ka noho ngā Tatimana hei mana matua i ngā rautau 17 me 18, ka whakahaere i te mahi Cengkeh, ka whakahaere hoki i te utu o te Cengkeh i te ao.
Ko te Cengkeh he mea whakamahia whānuitia i ngā kīhini o te ao, mai i ngā kai kai reka ki ngā kai mīti, ngā inu, me ngā rongoā. He mea nui hoki te Cengkeh ki ngā tikanga tuku iho o Initonīhia, tae atu ki te hanga o ngā hīkareti kretek, he mea rongonui hoki i te motu.
Ahakoa he mea rongonui te Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), ko Initonīhia te kainga o tētahi atu momo Kayu Manis whakahirahira, ko te Cassia cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum burmannii rānei), e mōhiotia whānuitia ana i te motu ko Kayu Manis Padang. He mea kaha ake, he raukikini ake tōna kakara i tō Ceylon, ā, he mea tino pai ki ngā kīhini maha o te ao.
Ko te Kayu Manis, he kiri o te rākau, he hītori roa tōna i roto i te tangata, i te hokohoko, i te rongoā. Kua whakamahia te Kayu Manis i ngā tikanga rongoā o Haina mai i te 2,500 BC, ā, i kōrerohia hoki i roto i ngā tuhinga onamata o Ihipa, he mea whakamahia hei rongoā, hei hōroi, me te whakauru i roto i ngā mahi whakamaroke mō te tinana mate.
Ko te Kayu Manis o Initonīhia e tupu ana i ngā rohe puke o Sumatra, pērā i te rohe o Kerinci. Ko ngā kaimahi he tangata e piki ana i ngā rākau teitei, e tapahi ana i te kiri o te rākau kia tika ai. Ko te kiri ka tukatukahia, ka whakamaroketia, ka huri hei rourou, hei paura rānei.
Mai i ngā Moutere Banda ki ngā rohe ngūngū o Sumatra, ko te hīkoi o ngā kai kakara o Initonīhia he kōrero mō te auahatanga o te tangata, te tohetohe mo te mana, me te hononga hohonu i waenga i te whenua me te iwi. Ko te Pala, te Bunga Pala, te Cengkeh, me te Kayu Manis ehara i te mea he kai noa iho; he tohu rātou o te wā o te kitenga, te hokohoko, me te whakawhitinga ahurea. Kua uru rātou ki roto i te DNA o ngā kīhini o te ao, ngā rongoā, me ngā tikanga.
Ahakoa kua kore rātou i te rite ki te koura i runga i te uara, kei te noho tonu ngā kai kakara o Initonīhia hei mea nui i roto i te ao o te kai. Ko tō rātou kakara motuhake e mau tonu ana i te hītori o te whawhai, te manawa, me te rapu taonga. I ngā tauhokohoko o ēnei rā, kei te mahi tonu ngā kaiahuwhenua Initonīhia ki te whakarato i ngā kai kakara kounga teitei ki te ao, e mau tonu ana i te tuku iho o ngā rau tau.
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