ʻO ka poʻe malihini kipa i nā mokupuni o Farani Polynesia ma kahi hōmeʻa makahiki Tahiti eʻike i nā kūpono kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma Papeete , ke kūlanakauhale nui. ʻO kēia wahi momona, kahi e hui pūʻia ka mokupuni me ka'āpana Pākehā, aia ma Tahiti ma ka'ākau'ākau.
Marchici Municipale (Maʻaleʻele)
Hiki ke loaʻa nā uku nui loa a me nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi loa ma Marketet Municipale (City Market) ma Papeete ma Tahiti. ʻO nā hale hale he mau kahua kūʻai e kūʻai ana i nā hua kanu a me nā huaʻai i uluʻia ma ka'āina, nā iʻa i loaʻa hou, a me nā meaʻai'ē aʻe.
Eʻike pū nā malihini i nā koho i loko o ka hale a me ka uhiʻana i nāʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao e puni ana iā ia. ʻAʻole i hiki i ka lewa keʻike hou aʻe: E nānā aku i nā sarongs, nā mea kūʻai nani, nā lima lima lima, nā kī kī, nā kumu lāʻau a me nā kiʻi (figurines o nā akua kahiko), a me ka tiare- (gardenia), ka niu, a me nā meaʻala a me nā meaʻala. Ke ola nei nā wahi a puni, ke kūʻai nei i ka hoʻolaʻa ma Tahiti no nā mea kūʻaiʻole.
Waena Vaima
ʻO ka Vaimaʻo Vaima ma Papeete he mea Tahitian o kahi kahua kūʻai. Eʻikeʻoe i nā huahanaʻokoʻaʻelua a me nā kāhui'āina (me Bose) ma kēia koina o nā hale kūʻai a me nā haleʻai ma nāʻano he nui. Ma muli o ka mea āu e hoihoi nei, hiki paha iāʻoe ke mahalo nui i ka hale kūʻai kope, ka puke kūʻai'ōlelo Farani a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai pela, nā mea e hāʻawi ana i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi.
Nā Peal Tahitian
ʻO ke kālepa ma Tahiti e komo pū ana i ka huliʻana i nā momi. Ke haʻaheo nei ka poʻe Polynesian Polynesians i nāʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele i ulu nuiʻia i ka'āina ma ko lākou mahana, nā kauā maikaʻi.
ʻO nā mea kālepa kūleona a me nā mea e pili ana i Tahiti, pono lākou e komo i ka huakaʻiʻo Robert Wan Pearl Museum (Musée de la Perle Robert Wan) ma kā lākou mau papahana.
Maanei hiki i nā malihini ke aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻaukala o nā momi a me ka hana e hana ai iā lākou. Maiʻikeʻoe i ka nui o ka nui o nā pelekaneʻo Tahitian e noho nei: he 26-mika Tahitian Silver (hina), no ka mea AAA a me kaʻewalu 8.7 gram. He hale kūʻai nui ka mea hale kūʻai. Hāpaiʻo Robert Wan i nā hale kūʻai ma nā hale pule ma Tahiti, Moorea a me Bora Bora.
Pehea e hana ai nā Pele?
ʻAʻole kūpono maoli; aia ke kōkua mai ke kanaka: Hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana ma ka hoʻokomoʻana i kahi kōpiko i hanaʻia mai i kaʻeleʻele-iʻokiʻia mai ka muliwai Mississippi i loko o kahiʻeleʻeleʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele, kahi i uhi ai i ka mea hoʻopuka i ka uhiʻeleʻele. ʻOiai ka inoa i kapaʻia he peleʻeleʻele,ʻokoʻa nāʻano keleʻele mai kaʻeleʻele a kokoke i ke keʻokeʻo, me nā hulu melemele, blue, green, silver, a me ka melemele.
Hoʻoholoʻia ka waiwai o nā pelea a pau ma ka luster, kaʻilikai, ka nui, a me keʻano, a he nui loa nā mea a pau. Hanaʻia nā momi nani i loko o nā lei, nā apo pepeiao, nā kūpeʻe, nā apo, a me nā mea nani o nā kānaka, me ka nui o nā kumukūʻai.
Ua nui nā kumukūʻai kūʻai ma nā mea'ē aʻe o Tahiti, Moorea, a me Bora Bora, me nā hale kūʻai i loko o nā hōkele nui. ʻO nā hale kūʻai kāhiko me nā wahi likeʻole,ʻo nā Pearls Pelekane, Sibani Pōleku, Tahitian Native Jewelry, a me ka Honua o nā Pele.
ʻO kaʻoihanaʻoihana paʻakikī i Papeete, kahi i hoʻolakoʻia ai ka waiwai o nā mea kūʻai nani ma nāʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele e hoʻohālikelike i ka maikaʻi, nā manaʻo, a me ka loaʻaʻana o nā kumukūʻai paʻakikī.
ʻO kahi wale nō pāʻani peleka ma Bora Bora i paʻa a mālamaʻia e nā kama'āina o Bora Boraʻo Bora Pearl Company. Ua weheʻo Barbara Tea Suchard i ka māla a me ka hale kūʻai mea kūʻai ma ka makahiki 1977 ma hope o ke aʻoʻana i nā kālai'āina ma Farani a me ka United States.
Loaʻa nā kiʻi hoʻomaopopoʻole, kahi i hōʻikeʻia ai kēlā me kēia kaʻina o ke kaʻina hana papa. Ma waho aʻe o ka hale kūʻai ma kēlā wahi, e hana anaʻo Suchard i nā hale kūʻai i ke alanui,ʻo Keana, ka mea i hoʻolauleʻa i nā lole, nā mea hana a me nā mea'ē aʻe.
ʻO kahi'ōlelo aʻo
Mai kūʻai aku i ka papa mua o nā mea e hoʻonani ai iāʻoe; e hāʻawi manawa iāʻoe no ka hoʻonaʻauao e pili ana i ka maikaʻi a me ke kumukūʻai.
ʻAʻole i maʻalahi ka momi Tahitian, no laila e hoʻomaopopoʻoe i ke aloha i kekahi mea ma mua o ka liloʻana i mea mau loa o kou mau kapa nani a me kahi mea nani e hoʻomanaʻo ai iāʻoe i ka hoʻomahaʻana o kāu Tahiti no nā makahiki he nui.