ʻO kahi cenote kahi hohonu hohonu i piha i ka wai i ka hana kuʻuna i hanaʻia i ka wā e hāʻule ai ke kuahiwi o ka lua lalo. ʻO kēia ka hanaʻana i kahi loko iʻa maoli a piha i ka ua a me ka wai e kahe mai ana mai nā muliwai. ʻO ka hua'ōlelo cenote e hiki mai ana mai ka hua'ōlelo Mayan word dzonot ,ʻo ia hoʻi kēiaʻano "maikaʻi." ʻO kekahi o nā kikooho he mau kikowaena, a piha i nā wai, aʻo nā lua hoʻi he mau ana i loko o nā loko a me nā alawai hohonu i loko o ko loko.
Hiki i nā'enelepa keʻoluʻolu, maikaʻi, wai kahe.
Ke ulu nei nā kenekene i ka Yucatan Peninsula i kahi i kūkulu muaʻia ai ka lepo ma kahiʻoihana kumulāʻau, a he mau kaukani kenekele a me nā muliwai i lalo; ʻO lākou kahi kumu nui o ka wai. He mea nui kēia mau hana i ka hale o Mayan, a he mau kiʻi nui kēia no nā poʻe malihini e hele eʻauʻau a luʻu aʻike i kēia mauʻauwai kūlohelohe.
Ka nui o Cenotes
He mea nui nā Cenotes i nā Maya kahiko no ka mea ua manaʻoʻia lākou he mau paukū i ka lua. Ua hoʻohanaʻia he mau helu he nui, e like me ka Cenote Cicote ma Chichen Itza a me ka cenote ma Dzibilchaltún, no nā kumu mōhai: nā pū'ā kanaka a me nā holoholona, a me nā mea hana gula, ka ipu, ka ipu lepo, a me ka meaʻala.
Ka Papaʻo Cenote a me ka wai
I kekahi lā wela ma Yucatan,ʻaʻohe meaʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka laweʻana i ka hamo hōʻoluʻolu i loko o kahi cenote.
Hiki i nā mea maʻalahi ke komo, me nā mau ala e iho ai i ka wai, aʻo nā mea'ē aʻe kekahi iʻoi aku keʻano oʻoleʻa, me nā alapine. I kēlā me kēia hihia, e mālama iāʻoe i ka ihoʻana i kahi cenote no ka mea hiki i nāʻanuʻu ke paheʻe.
Ma muli o ka wai e hoʻopiha ana i nā pīpī ka wai ua nui i hoʻololiʻia i loko o ka lepo, he mau manawa wale nō e hoʻokuʻu i nā hua'ōlelo, no laila ua mālie loa ka wai, e hana ana i mea maikaʻi loa.
He hauʻoli lākou e pakele i.
Ināʻoe e kipa i ka moku Yucatan, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻomaikaʻiʻia ai e Maya shaman ma mua o kou komoʻana i ka cenote. He ala kēia e mahalo ai i ka hilinaʻi o nā helu i ka moʻomeheu Mayan. E puhi ka meaʻona a me ka mea ho'ōla i ka meaʻala a'ōlelo i kekahi mau hua'ōlelo ma Mayan, e hoʻopōmaikaʻi iāʻoe ae hoʻomaʻemaʻe iāʻoe i ka ikaika ma mua o kou komoʻana i ka cenote. E mālama i kouʻano maʻemaʻe ma kaʻuhane, akā, he mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mea e lawe mai ai i loko o ke kino o kou kino - e ho'āʻo e hoʻokuʻu i nāʻeleʻele melekile a me nā mea pīpī i mea e hoʻopōʻino i ka wai aʻaʻole maikaʻi i ka ke ola maoli o ka cenote.
Eia kekahi mau helu kuhikuhi ma ka moana Yucatan e maikaʻi loa no kaʻauʻauʻana, ka pīpī a pīpī paha:
- ʻO Gran Cenote,ʻo Tulum
- ʻO Dos Ojos Cenote
- ʻO Cristalino Cenote
- Ke Kil Cenote (Blue Cenote)
Hoʻohā'ōlelo: seh-no-tay
ʻO Misspellings maʻamau: senote