Mafua'aga O Le timu

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 The outdated rain gear has completely disappeared in the contemporary countryside, and has become the permanent memory with the development of the times.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.

I nuu i tua o le vaitau o le 1960 ma le 1970, o le pulu timu o se meafaigaluega taua mo le alu i fafo ma fai galuega faʻatoʻaga mo aiga taʻitasi. I aso timuga, e manaʻomia e tagata le vaʻaia o le vai i faʻatoʻaga, tatala alavai o loʻo siomia ai le fale ma faʻapipiʻi le tafe i luga o le taualuga...... Po o le a lava le mamafa o timuga, e masani lava ona fai e tagata le pulou timu, ofuina le pulu timu ma ulu i le afa. I lena taimi, o le taulaiga o tagata sa i luga o le tafe o le vai, ae o le pulu timu e fesoasoani filemu i tagata e taofia le timu mai le lagi. Ua atili ai ona mamafa pe mama le timu, e pei o ni aū maai, ma o le ofu timu e pei o se talita e punitia ai aū timu mai le toe fana. Na mavae atu ni nai itula, sa susu le ofu timu o le pito i tua i le timu, ma o le tagata o loo ofuina le pulou timu ma le pulu timu na tu o se faatagata i le fanua i le matagi ma timuga.

Na toe susulu le la pe a uma le timu, na tautau e tagata le ofu timu ua susu i le puipui o le puipui, ina ia mafai ai ona susulu pea e le la, seia oo ina mago le pulu timu ma o le mutia po o le alofi pama. A o'o mai le isi timu, e mafai e tagata ona ofuina le pulu timu mago ma mafanafana e alu i le matagi ma timuga.

“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 le taimi nei, o le pulu timu e seasea ma ua suia i se timu mama ma sili atu ona aoga. Masalo, e mafai lava ona maua i fanua faʻatoʻaga i nofoaga maotua mauga poʻo falemataʻaga i totonu o taulaga, e faʻaosofia ai lou mafaufau loloto ma faʻatagaina oe e toe faʻaleleia le faʻatauvaʻa ma le faigofie o augatupulaga ua mavae.