ʻŪlū nā rana. Ua ʻike nā poʻe āpau i kēia, akā no ke aha? He aha ka mea e ʻō mai ai nā rana i ka pō holoʻokoʻa mai kahi loko iʻa a kahawai paha? Ma ka ʻaneʻane o nā ʻano katana a pau, haki ka hāmau e nā kāne. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he serenade momona kēia walaʻau. Kāhea aku nā rana kāne i nā wahine. ʻOiai he kāhea ko kēlā me kēia laha, ʻike maʻalahi ʻia nā rana ma ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā lākou e mele ana.
Nā mele aloha pō
Hoʻolaha nā kāne iā lākou iho ma ke ʻano he mau hoa hele, me ka manaʻo e aloha nā rana i ke mele a kāhea mai. Ma muli o ke kumu o ka hui ʻana e kope, noho mau nā rana kāne i loko a kokoke paha i ka wai (nā loko, nā wai wai, nā kahawai a me nā wahi wai), kahi e hoʻomoe pinepine ai lākou i nā hua, kahi e ulu ai nā ʻenuhe. Komo kekahi mau rana i ka wai, piʻi kekahi i kekahi mau pōhaku a i ʻole kapakai, a ʻo kekahi e piʻi i nā kumulāʻau a pae paha ma kahi kokoke.
Makemake nā rana kāne e ʻumeʻume lākou i nā wahine o kā lākou ʻano ponoʻī (inā ʻaʻole ia he mea makehewa i kā lākou hana), no laila, he ʻano kani ko kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka rana. Mai kahi hum humu kiʻekiʻe a i kahi kani hohonu, e like me nā ʻano ʻeneto. Hoʻokuli nā pepeiao o nā rana wahine i ke kāhea kūikawā o kā lākou laha, no laila ʻike hewa ʻole lākou i kahi kāne i ka papa mele o nā mea hīmeni walaʻau.
E aʻo pehea e mele ai nā rana i kou loko iʻa
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka rana, he ala maikaʻi loa ia na mākou nā kānaka e ʻike ai i nā lāhui ʻōiwi me ka hoʻoweliweli ʻole ʻana iā lākou. I ka manawa āu e ʻike ai i ke ʻano o kēlā me kēia hui hīmeni palaka kūloko, e ʻike wale ʻoe ia ma ka hoʻolohe ʻana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻano rana i ka pō a no laila ʻoi aku ka hana ma hope o ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā. No laila, ʻo ka manawa pō ka manawa kūpono loa e hoʻolohe ai i ke kono ʻana i nā mele. Hāʻawi ʻia i ka hilinaʻi o nā rana i ka wai no ka hoʻoulu ʻana, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ke piʻo hou aʻe lākou ma hope o ka ua. Hāpai kekahi o nā rana i ka hapa nui o ka makahiki, ʻoiai hānau kekahi (a no laila hīmeni) i kekahi mau pō i ka makahiki.
ʻO nā mahina mehana ka manawa kūpono loa e hoʻolohe ai i ka papa hīmeni o nā rana, ʻoiai ka hapanui o nā ʻano rana e hoʻouluulu i ka puna a me ke kauwela. Akā makemake kekahi mau ʻano rana i nā kau anuanu. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻūlū ke kolo poʻo poʻo wao akua (Cyclorana platycephala) ke lawa ka ua.
No laila, ke aloha nei kahi rana mai kahi loko iʻa i hums i kahi mele e ʻumeʻume i ka rana o kāna mau moeʻuhane. I kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻoe i ke kumu e kani mai ai nā rana, pehea e kōkua ai kēia mele iā lākou e ola a loaʻa kā lākou kāne.
