Ko te Rā o te Hotoke, he hakari nui i roto i te maramataka tuku iho o te marama Hainamana, e tohu ana i te tīmatanga o te wā makariri rawa atu i te mea ka heke haere te rā mai i te Ao Raki. Heoi, ehara i te mea he tohu makariri noa te Rā o te Hotoke; he wā hoki mō ngā huihuinga whānau me te taonga tuku iho.
I roto i te ahurea tuku iho o Haina, ko te Rā o te Takurua tētahi o ngā kupu rā tino nui. I tēnei rā, ka tae te rā ki te Tropic of Capricorn, ka puta ko te rā poto rawa atu me te pō roa rawa atu o te tau. Ahakoa te makariri e tata mai ana, ka puta te mahana nui i te Rā o te Takurua.
He maha ngā mahi whakanui e mahia ana e ngā whānau puta noa i te motu i tēnei rā. Ko tētahi o ngā tikanga tuku iho ko te kai i ngā tāmi, hei tohu mō te oranga me te waimarie mō te tau e haere mai ana nā te mea he rite ki ngā moni hiriwa tawhito. Ko te kai i tētahi peihana tāmi e koropupū ana tētahi o ngā wheako tino whakamīharo i waenganui i te makariri o te takurua.
Ko tētahi atu kai reka nui i te Hōtoke o te Rā ko te tangyuan, arā, he pōro raihi reka. Ko tōna āhua porowhita he tohu mō te noho tahi o te whānau, e tohu ana i te hiahia mō te kotahitanga me te rangimarie i te tau e haere ake nei. I te huihuinga o ngā mema o te whānau ki te reka o te tangyuan reka, ka whiti te mahana o te rangimarie o te kāinga.
I ētahi rohe raki, he tikanga kei reira e mōhiotia ana ko te "whakamaroke i te Rā o te Takurua." I tēnei rā, ka whakatakotoria ngā huawhenua pēnei i te rīki me te kāriki ki waho hei whakamaroke, e whakaponohia ana ka peia atu ngā wairua kino, ka manaakitia hoki te whānau ki te hauora me te haumaru i te tau e haere ake nei.
He wā pai hoki te Rā o te Takurua mō ngā mahi ahurea tuku iho, tae atu ki ngā whakaaturanga ā-iwi, ngā whakaaturanga temepara, me te maha atu. Ko ngā kanikani tarakona me te raiona, ngā opera tuku iho, me ngā momo whakaaturanga ka whakaora i ngā rā makariri o te takurua me te paku hihiri.
I te whanaketanga o te hapori me ngā panonitanga o te āhua noho, kei te huri tonu ngā huarahi e whakanuia ai e te tangata te Rā Hōtoke o te Takurua. Ahakoa rā, he wā tonu te Rā Hōtoke hei whakanui i ngā huihuinga whānau me te tiaki i ngā tikanga tuku iho. I tēnei hakari makariri engari e manaaki ana i te ngākau, kia mau tātou i te wairua whakawhetai me te whakanui i te Rā Hōtoke o te Takurua whakamarie me ō tātou whanaunga.
Wā tuku: Hakihea-25-2023