ʻO Monument Valley kahi wahi maikaʻi ʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma mua o ka Grand Canyon kaulana. Aia ia ma kahi o 300 mau kilomita mai ia mea, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e haʻalele ʻole i ka ʻumeume kūlohelohe ʻoiai e hoʻokele ana i loko o ʻAlikona. Aia nā hoʻonohonoho pōhaku ma ka ʻākau hikina o ka mokuʻāina, ma ka palena me Utah. ʻO ka ʻāpana, no ka ʻohana Navajo ʻĀina kēia ʻāina, akā ʻo ia nō ka waiwai o ka ʻāina, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā haneli kūlohelohe he haneli.
Pehea ʻo Monument Valley i hoʻokumu ʻia ai
ʻO ka mea hoʻohihi kūlohelohe he wahi wao nahele, kahi e kū ai nā kuahiwi o kahi ʻano kūpaianaha. Loaʻa iā lākou nā pali kiʻekiʻe, aneane pili i ka honua, kahi e hana ʻia ai nā kiʻi e kahi lima kanaka. Akā ʻaʻole kēia ma nā hihia āpau, ua lawa ia e ʻike ai pehea i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ke awāwa kaulana.
Ma mua, aia kēia panalāʻau i ke kai, ma ka lalo o ia mau pōhaku he one. Ma muli o ka loli ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona kālaimeaola o ka honua, miliona o nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua waiho ka wai ma aneʻi, a ua hoʻomaka ka pā ʻana o ka pōhaku porous i ke kō. Ma lalo o ka mana o ka lā, ka ua, ka makani, ka hapa nui o nā panalāʻau i lilo i kula ākea, a mālama wale ʻia nā ulu liʻiliʻi a lawe i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa.
I kēia manawa, pili mau nā mea kūlohelohe i nā kualapa porous, akā he mau makahiki he mau tausani e hala no kahi pae ʻāina kūlohelohe e pae i ka honua. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kuahiwi he ʻano ʻē i ke ʻano a hāʻawi ʻia lākou i nā inoa hoihoi. ʻO nā mea makemake nui ʻia nā Mittens, ʻEkolu mau Kaikuahine, ʻAbbe, Hen, ʻElepa, ʻInia Nui.
He huakaʻi i kahi hoʻoilina kūlohelohe
Ma ʻAmelika, nui ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo e ʻike me ko lākou mau maka ponoʻī i ka nani e hoʻonui ʻia no nā mile he ʻumi. Nānā lākou i nā kiʻi i ke kiʻi, akā ʻaʻohe mea i kū i kahi huakaʻi i ka Monument Valley. Paipai ʻia ʻoe e mālama i kahi alakaʻi i mua, nāna e haʻi i nā kaʻao kupaianaha he nui e pili ana i nā hana pōhaku. Inā ʻole, e pau ka huakaʻi a puni ka wahi me ka wikiwiki, no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka hele wāwae ʻana ma aneʻi.
Ua hoʻomoe ʻia kahi ala ma ka pāpū, a lanakila ʻia e ke kaʻa. ʻAe ʻia nā kū ʻana i nā wahi i kaupalena ʻia. Eia hou, aia kekahi mau mea pāpā ʻia ma ka ʻāina o ka hoʻāhu ʻĀnia, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe:
- piʻi pōhaku;
- e haʻalele i ke ala hele;
- komo i nā hale;
- pana ʻiansnia;
- lawe mai i nā mea inu lama.
Ma ka awelika, holo ka huakaʻi o nā wahi kūloko ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola, akā e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kahi wahi kiʻi e loaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe.
Hoihoi no ka moʻomeheu kaulana
ʻO ka nani kūlohelohe o kēia wahi e mahalo ʻia e nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, no ka mea ʻaʻole hana ka hapa nui o ke komohana me ke kiʻi ʻole ʻana ma kahi wao akua me nā hana pōhaku. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻāina me ka ʻuhane o nā paniolo, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pinepine i ke awāwa o nā kia hoʻomanaʻo i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, nā paʻi kiʻi, i nā kiʻi o nā makasina kiʻi.
Kūkākūkā mākou iā ʻoe e heluhelu e pili ana i ke Alanui Nui.
I nā ʻano he nui, ʻo ia ʻano laulaha ma waena o nā lunamakaʻāinana o ka ʻoihana hōʻike e hoʻohui pū i ka kaulana o ka pā shale. Hoʻoikaika ka poʻe huakaʻi mai nā ʻāina like ʻole e kipa i ka hoʻoilina kūlohelohe a komo i ke ʻano o ke komohana. Hoʻonui ʻia ka hopena e ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma waena o nā kamaʻāina kūloko he Indians ka nui e hoʻomau i kā lākou moʻomeheu.
Hiki i ke kūlohelohe ke hana i nā nani kū hoʻokahi, a ʻo ke awāwa neoneo me nā pōhaku paʻakikī kekahi o nā wahi kupaianaha. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole e loli ke kuahiwi slate i ko lākou helehelena koke, akā a hiki i kēia hiki, pono ke kipa i kēia wahi a pili i ka hana mana i hana ʻia no nā makahiki he kaukani.
