UTUROA, Raiatea—Kaputeni James Cook, muongorori mukuru wePacific, akanga ari muEurope wokutanga “kuwana” Raiatea, paakamisa Endeavor mudhamu reOpoa, kumaodzanyemba kwepano, muna July 1769. Zvinoshamisa kuti ichokwadi chokuti yakanyatso "kuonekwa" nekumadokero nhasi izvo zvinopa ichi chitsuwa chakasvibirira kunaka kwacho.
Kusiyana nezvitsuwa zvakavakidzana zveFrench Polynesia zvakaita seTahiti, Bora Bora neMoorea, nenzvimbo dzadzo dzekutandarira dzakagadzirirwa kushanya kwevanhu vakawanda kubva kuNorth America neAustralia/New Zealand, Raiatea haina zvivakwa zvevashanyi zvakagadziridzwa.
Ikoko kunoreva kuti munzira dzakawanda yakatsvindazve yeSouth Pacific yekare, chitsuwa chine hope icho W. Somerset Maugham, munyori wenhau dzeSouth Seas muchikamu chekutanga chezana ramakore rapfuura, angawana achizivikanwa nhasi.
Uturoa inzvimbo yekutonga yechitsuwa ichi, asi ichiri kadhorobha kadiki kehope kanongouya chete kana ngarava inomira uye neSvondo masikati apo vanhu vanodirana kubva kumisha iri kure kuhondo dzemachongwe munhandare yeko. Yakagadzikwa kumashure zvekuti vatyairi havangosiyi mafafitera emota akavhurika zuva richipisa, vanotosiya mikova yakashama.
Dhorobha iri rakatanga kumakore ekuma1820 apo Mufundisi John Williams weLondon Missionary Society akatanga kuparadzira chiKristu kuburikidza nezvitsuwa zveSouth Pacific. Chechi yePurotesitendi iri kuchamhembe kweguta ine dombo dema rechirangaridzo kuna Williams, rine chiratidzo mumitauro yakawanda.
Asi, zvinoshamisa, hapana chirangaridzo kuna Omai, chizvarwa cheRaiatea uyo akanga ari muPolynesia wokutanga kuonekwa muBritain. Kaputeni Cook, parwendo rwake rwechipiri rwekuSouth Seas muna 1773, akashamwaridzana naOmai ndokudzokera nepwere yacho.
Iyo "yakashata savage" yakave yakarova pakarepo mumasalon eLondon. Vakuru vemifananidzo vakamupenda (mufananidzo waJoshua Reynolds wakarembera muLondon Tate Gallery). Uye akaunzwa kuna King George III naMambokadzi Charlotte kuKew Palace.
The Raiatean zvakare akashamisa Dr. Samuel Johnson, munyori mukuru uye munyori weduramazwi (uye murume akagadzira duramazwi reChirungu rekutanga).
Omai akapedza makore maviri muEngland asati adzokera kuSouth Pacific naCook, achibatira somuturikiri muTonga neSociety Islands, Cook asati amuisa pachitsuwa cheHuahine, uko vashandi vomungarava vakamuvakira imba.
Cook akatanga aburuka, apwanya dhamu rakapoterera, paTe Ava Moa Pass. Kupfuura uku kunoremekedzwa muPolynesia senzvimbo yekusimuka kwezvikepe zvakakura zvakatakura vanhu vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika kuti vaone Hawaii neNew Zealand. Pedyopo pane marae (izwi rinoreva nzvimbo inoera) inonzi Taputapuatea. Iyo shrine yedombo, yakatsaurirwa kuna mwari wePolynesia wekare Oro, yakadzorerwa muma1960s. Inopararira pamusoro pehekita imwe [2 1/2 acres].
Raiatea inozivikanwa zvakare nevafambisi vayo vemoto, zvizvarwa zvemo vasina shangu vanofamba pamusoro pemarasha anopisa. Hunyanzvi hwakagamuchidzwa kubva kuna baba kuenda kumwanakomana, asi, zvinotoshamisa, vashanyi havangambouona huchiitwa pano nekuti, ndinoudzwa, vanodzima moto vanotorwa nenzvimbo huru dzekutandarira muTahiti neBora Bora, dzinoisa pashow. vaeni vavo. ACCESS
