UTUROA, Raiatea—Kaputeni James Cook, wofufuza wamkulu wa nyanja ya Pacific, anali munthu woyamba wa ku Ulaya “kutulukira” Raiatea, pamene anazika Endeavor m’nyanja ya Opoa, kum’mwera kwa kuno, mu July 1769. Chodabwitsa n’chakuti n’chakuti n’chakuti: "Sizikudziwika" ndi kumadzulo lero zomwe zimapereka chilumba chokongola ichi.
Mosiyana ndi zilumba zoyandikana nazo za French Polynesia monga Tahiti, Bora Bora ndi Moorea, zomwe zili ndi malo awo osangalatsa okaona alendo ochokera ku North America ndi Australia / New Zealand, Raiatea ilibe malo oyendera alendo otukuka.
Zimenezo zikutanthauza kuti m’njira zambiri n’zokayikitsanso ku South Pacific yakale, chisumbu chogona chimene W. Somerset Maugham, wolemba mbiri wa ku South Seas m’chigawo choyamba cha zaka zana zapitazi, angachipeze chodziwika lerolino.
Uturoa ndiye likulu loyang'anira chilumbachi, koma akadali tawuni yaying'ono yomwe imakhala yamoyo pamene sitima yapamadzi ikamafika komanso Lamlungu masana pamene anthu amadzabwera kuchokera kumidzi yakutali kukamenyana ndi atambala m'bwalo lamasewera. Yakhazikika kwambiri moti madalaivala samangosiya mazenera agalimoto ali otsegula kukatentha masana, amasiyanso zitseko.
Tawuniyi inayamba m’zaka za m’ma 1820 pamene M’busa John Williams wa London Missionary Society anayamba kufalitsa Chikhristu m’zilumba za ku South Pacific. Tchalitchi cha Chipulotesitanti chomwe chili kumpoto kwa tawuniyi chili ndi mwala wachikumbutso wa granite wakuda kwa Williams, wokhala ndi cholembera m'zilankhulo zingapo.
Koma, chodabwitsa, palibe chikumbutso cha Omai, mbadwa ya Raiatea yemwe anali munthu woyamba wa ku Polynesia kuwonedwa ku Britain. Captain Cook, pa ulendo wake wachiwiri wopita ku South Seas mu 1773, anakhala bwenzi la Omai ndipo anatenga mnyamatayo kubwerera naye.
"Wolemekezeka" adakhala wotchuka m'ma salons a London. Ojambula akuluakulu adamujambula (chithunzi cha Joshua Reynolds chapachikidwa mu Tate Gallery ya London). Ndipo adadziwitsidwa kwa King George III ndi Mfumukazi Charlotte ku Kew Palace.
Raiatean adachitanso chidwi kwambiri ndi Dr. Samuel Johnson, wolemba wamkulu komanso wolemba dikishonale (ndi munthu yemwe adalemba dikishonale yoyamba ya Chingerezi).
Omai anakhala zaka ziŵiri ku England asanabwerere ku South Pacific ndi Cook, akutumikira monga wotembenuza mu Tonga ndi Society Islands, Cook asanam’fikitse pa chisumbu cha Huahine, kumene antchito anam’mangira nyumba.
Cook anatera koyamba, atathyola nyanja yozungulira, pa Te Ava Moa Pass. Kupitaku kumalemekezedwa ku Polynesia monga malo onyamulira mabwato akuluakulu omwe ananyamula anthu osamukira ku Hawaii ndi New Zealand. Chapafupi ndi marae (mawuwa amatanthauza malo opatulika) otchedwa Taputapuatea. Kachisi wamwala, woperekedwa kwa mulungu wakale waku Polynesia Oro, adabwezeretsedwanso m'ma 1960. Imafalikira pafupifupi mahekitala [2 1/2 maekala].
Raiatea ndiwodziŵikanso chifukwa cha ozimitsa moto, mbadwa zopanda nsapato zomwe zimayenda pamakala otentha. Limeneli ndi luso loperekedwa kuchokera kwa bambo kupita kwa mwana, koma chodabwitsa n’chakuti, alendo sangaone zikuchitikira kuno chifukwa, ndikuuzidwa kuti zozimitsa moto zimakokedwa ndi malo akuluakulu ochitirako tchuthi ku Tahiti ndi Bora Bora, omwe amaika zionetsero zowonetsera. alendo awo. KUPEZEKA
