He wahi nani ʻo Iguazu Falls ma ka palena o Argentina a me Brazil, no ia mea he nui nā mākaʻikaʻi e hele i ʻAmelika Hema. Ua helu ʻia lākou ma nā mea kupaianaha kūlohelohe, a ʻo nā Iguazu National Parks, kahi home o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona laha ʻole, helu ʻia ma nā World Heritage Site. I ka hōʻuluʻulu, ʻo 275 mau wailele ka nui, ua piʻi ka kiʻekiʻe i 82 m, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā cascades ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 m. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole pēlā ka hihia mau.
Nā hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe o ka Iguazu Falls
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka paʻakikī kūlohelohe e nā waihona basalt. Ua ʻike ʻia ka pōhaku ma kahi o 130 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, a he 20,000 wale nō mau makahiki i hala aku nei i hoʻomaka ai nā wai wai mua e kū kokoke i ka muliwai ʻo Iguazu. I ka wā mua ua liʻiliʻi lākou, akā i kēia manawa ua ulu lākou i kahi nui kupaianaha. Ke hoʻokumu nei nā kūkulu Basalt, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i nā loli i nā makahiki he haneli e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻike ʻia nā wailele mua ma kahi o ka hui o Iguazu a me Parana, akā i nā makahiki i neʻe aku ua neʻe lākou i 28 km.
ʻO ka paʻakikī ponoʻī kahi pūʻulu o nā kahawai wai i hoʻopuehu ʻia i loko o ke kahawai. Ua kapa ʻia ka wailele nui ʻo Devil's Throat; ʻo ia ka palena ma waena o nā mokuʻāina i ʻōlelo ʻia. ʻAʻole i emi iki nā inoa hoihoi o nā kahawai ʻē aʻe: Three Musketeers, Flower Leap, Two Sisters. ʻOluʻolu nā kiʻi ma lalo o kēia mau kahawai nui, no ka mea, i ke anilā lā ʻike ʻia ke ānuenue i nā wahi āpau, a ʻoluʻolu ka ʻehu i nā lā wela.
ʻIke moʻolelo
Noho ka ʻohana Kaingang a me Guarani ma kahi kokoke i ka lua wai ʻo Iguazu. Ma 1541, ua lilo ʻo Cabeza de Vaca i mea ʻike i kēia panalāʻau, e hele ana i loko o ʻAmelika Hema. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i nā waiwai kaulana o El Dorado, no laila ʻaʻole i hana ka hana mana kūlohelohe iā ia. Akā ʻike ka poʻe o ka wā i ka paʻakikī he "gula" maoli i waena o nā hana o ke kūlohelohe.
I kēia lā he wahi huakaʻi kaulana kēia wahi. No ka poʻe hoihoi i ke ala e kiʻi ai, pono e ʻōlelo ʻia aia nā kūlanakauhale aʻe kokoke i ka ʻumeume kūlohelohe.
- ʻO Puerto Iguazo, ʻona na ʻAtenekia;
- ʻO Foz do Iguacu ma Brazil;
- ʻO Ciudad del Este, kahi ʻāpana o Paraguay.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā huakaʻi i Iguazu mai kēia mau ʻāina, akā manaʻo ʻia he hiki ke kipa aku i nā nani hou aʻe mai Argentina, akā ma Brazil he mea kupaianaha loa ka ʻike mai luna mai ʻaʻohe kiʻi e hōʻike i ka nani maoli o kēia mau wahi. I kēia lā, hoʻonohonoho nā ʻāina ʻelua i nā ala hele wāwae, nā kaʻa uwea, a me nā huakaʻi pīhoihoi i ka wāwae o ke awāwa.
Nā kaʻao o ka helehelena o kahi hana mana o ke kūlohelohe
Mai nā manawa a ka poʻe noho ʻohana e noho ai ma ka ʻāina ʻo Iguazu Falls, aia kekahi mau kaʻao e pili ana i ka hana akua ʻana o kēia wahi. ʻO ka nani kupaianaha, me he mea lā, hiki ke hana ʻia e nā akua, no laila ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻike ʻia nā wailele mai kahi huhū o ka luna o ke aupuni lani, ka mea i aloha ʻia me ka Naipa ʻōiwi nani, akā ua hōʻole ʻia mai iā ia. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ke akua hōʻole i ka moe o ka muliwai kahi e ʻau aku ai ke kaikamahine a me kāna mea i koho ai.
Aia kekahi wehewehe, e like me ka mea i hoʻoholo ai nā akua e hoʻopaʻi i nā ipo no ka hoʻolohe ʻole a wehe i kahi awāwa hiki ʻole ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waena o lākou ma ke ʻano o ke awāwa hohonu. Ua lilo ke kaikamahine i pōhaku i holoi ʻia e ka wai o Iguazu, a hāʻawi ʻia i ke kanaka ʻōpio ke kiʻi o kahi kumulāʻau, mau kaulahao mau ʻia i ke kahakai a koi ʻia e mahalo i ka mea i wae ʻia, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hui hou me ia.
Paipai mākou e heluhelu e pili ana iā Blood Falls.
Me ka nānā ʻole o ka moʻolelo i ʻoi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hauʻoli ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea i nā ʻāina kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hele i ka wailele nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hema a ʻoluʻolu i ka ʻehu e hoʻopuehu ana.
