ʻO Burana Tower kekahi o nā kia hoʻomanaʻo mōʻaukala kaulana loa ma ʻAsia. Aia ia ma Kyrgyzstan kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale o Tokmak. Loaʻa ka inoa mai ka huaʻōlelo hoʻohuli hewahewa "monora", i unuhi ʻia ma ke ʻano "minaret". ʻO ia ke kumu i manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia kekahi o nā heiau mua i kūkulu ʻia ma Kyrgyzstan.
ʻO ka hale o waho o ka hale kiaʻi Burana
ʻOiai ʻo ka nui o nā minarets i hoʻopuehu ʻia i kēia wahi, ʻokoʻa ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka hale kiaʻi mai nā hale like ʻē aʻe. ʻO kona kiʻekiʻe he 24 mau mika, akā ʻaʻole mau kēlā ʻano hale. Wahi a nā kuhi maʻamau, ma mua o kona ana mai 40 a 45 mau mika. Ua luku ʻia ka ʻaoʻao i luna he mau haneli mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma muli o ke ōlaʻi ikaika.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka kia hoʻomanaʻo e like me ka paukū, kahi e hoʻopili iki ai i luna. ʻO nā ʻāpana nui o ka hale ʻo:
- kahua;
- pāhawewe;
- kahua;
- kumu.
Hele ke kumu i lalo o ka hohonu i ʻelima mau mika, ma kahi o kahi mika e piʻi aʻe ma luna o ka honua a hana i kahi ea. ʻO nā ana o ke kumu he 12.3 x 12.3 mika. ʻO ke alo o ke alo komohana a me ka hema ka mea i hana ʻia me ke kinikini, a ʻo ka ʻāpana nui i hana ʻia me ka pōhaku e pili ana i ka ipu lepo. Aia ka plinth ma waenakonu o ka pulu a loaʻa ke ʻano o kahi prism octagonal. Hana ʻia ka pahu kiʻekiʻe i ka masonry curly, kahi mea e ʻano ʻokoʻa i ke kiʻi.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ʻana o ka kia hoʻomanaʻo a me ka kaʻao e pili ana iā ia
ʻO ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Burana, e like me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o ke koho, ua kūkulu ʻia i nā kenekulia 10-11. Pili kēia wā i ka hoʻomohala ʻia o ka moku Tureke o nā Karakhanids. Ua hopena ia ma muli o ka hui ʻana o kekahi mau ʻohana Tien Shan, ka mea i hoʻoholo e neʻe i kahi nohona noho. ʻO Balasagyn ke kapikala o ko lākou mokuʻāina. Hoʻomaka ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā minareta hanohano ma kona wahi, ʻo ka mua ka Burana Tower. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke ʻano he mea nui mai ka manaʻo o ka mālama ʻana i nā hana e hōʻike ʻia e nā pōhaku kupapaʻu he nui i hoʻopuehu ʻia a puni ka hale kia.
Hōʻike ka nui o nā ʻeli ʻana i nā ʻohana e noho ana i kēia panalāʻau i hoʻāʻo e hoʻokūpaʻa iā Islam, ʻo ia ke kumu i hoʻomohala ai lākou i nā hana lima like ʻole a kāhiko hoʻi i kā lākou mau minareta me nā ʻenehana ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo ʻia ua kāhiko ʻia ka luakini mua me kahi dome, akā ma muli o ke ōlaʻi ʻaʻole hiki ke ola.
E ʻike i ka ʻike hoihoi e pili ana i ka Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua hāʻule ka ʻaoʻao luna i kumu ʻokoʻa loa. ʻLelo lākou ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale kiaʻi Burana e kekahi o nā khans, ka mea i makemake e hoʻopakele i kāna kaikamahine mai kahi wānana weliweli. Ua make paha ke kaikamahine mai ka nahu ʻana i ka nananana i ka lā o kona lā hānau he ʻumikūmāono, no laila ua hoʻopaʻahao ʻia kona makuakāne iā ia ma ka piko o ka hale kiaʻi a e kiaʻi mau ana ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kekahi mea kolo me nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu. I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka lā nui nui, hauʻoli ka khan no ka hiki ʻole o ka pilikia. Ua hele ʻo ia i kāna kaikamahine e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia, a lawe pū me ia i nā hua waina.
Ma kahi ulia pōpilikia, ma loko o kēia mau hua i hūnā ai kahi nananana, kahi i nahu aku ai i ke kaikamahine. Ua uē nui ka Khan me ke kaumaha i hiki ʻole i ke poʻo o ka hale kiaʻi ke kū a naha. ʻAʻole wale ma muli o ka kaʻao kaʻao, akā no ka pālākiō o ke kūkulu ʻana, makemake ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike i kahi o ka kia hoʻomanaʻo mōʻaukala e hiki ai i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi i nā mākaʻikaʻi Asia.