Ke kumu o ka lole ua

Raincoat originated in China. During the Zhou Dynasty, people used the herb “ficus pumila” to make raincoats to protect against rain, snow, wind and sun. Such kind of raincoat is usually called “coir raincoat”. The outdated rain gear has completely disappeared in the contemporary countryside, and has become the permanent memory with the development of the times. The memory is indelible, which will appear in a particular occasion to touch your emotions, and you will remember it involuntarily and clearly. The memory gets more precious with years.

Ma nā kuaʻāina o nā makahiki 1960 a me 1970, he mea pono loa ka ʻaʻahu ua no ka hele ʻana a hana i nā hana mahiʻai no kēlā me kēia ʻohana. I nā lā ua, pono ka poʻe e mālama i ka wai o ka pā paddy, wehe i nā ala wai a puni ka hale a hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻeke ma luna o ka hale...... ʻOiai ke kaumaha o ka ua, kau mau ka poʻe i ka pāpale ua, ʻaʻahu i ke kapa ua a me ke poʻo i ka ʻino. I kēlā manawa, ʻo ka manaʻo nui o ka poʻe i ke kahe ʻana o ka wai, ʻoiai ua kōkua mālie ka ʻaʻahu ua i ka poʻe e pale i ka ua mai ka lewa. Ua ʻoi aku ke kaumaha a ʻoi aku ka māmā o ka ua, e like me nā pua ʻoi, a ʻo ka ʻaʻahu ua me he pale lā e pale ana i ka pana ʻana o nā pua ua. He mau hola i hala, ua pulu ka ʻaʻahu ua ma ke kua i ka ua, a ʻo ke kanaka e ʻaʻahu ana i ka papale ua a me ka ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula e kū ana ma ke ʻano he kiʻi ma ke kula i ka makani a me ka ua.

Huli ka lā ma hope o ka ua, kau ka poʻe i ka ʻaʻahu ua pulu ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pā, i hiki ai i ka lā ke hoʻomālamalama pinepine, a maloʻo ke kapa ua a maloʻo ka mauʻu a i ʻole ka lau pāma. I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ua, hiki i nā kānaka ke komo i ka ʻaʻahu ua maloʻo a mehana e komo ai i ka makani a me ka ua.

“Indigo rainhats and green coir raincoats”, in the busy farming season of spring, people wearing rainhats and coir raincoats could be seen everywhere in the fields. The coir raincoat protected farmers from the wind and rain. Year after year, the farmers gained fruitful harvests.

I kēia manawa, kakaʻikahi ka ʻaʻahu ua coir a ua pani ʻia e kahi ʻaʻahu ua māmā a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. Malia paha, hiki ke loaʻa ma nā pā mahiʻai ma nā wahi mauna mamao a i ʻole nā ​​hale hōʻikeʻike ma nā kūlanakauhale, e hoʻāla ana i kou hoʻomanaʻo hohonu a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻihoʻi i ka momona a me ka maʻalahi o nā hanauna i hala.