RAFFIA | Ngā Whitiāhua Toi a Raffia
Kua roa te rāffia e noho ana hei rauemi rongonui mō te Haina, he mea tango mai i ngā awaawa takutai o Madagascar, te wāhi e tupu ai ngā nikau Raphia Farinifera i raro i te rangi pārūrū. He rerekē ki te rākau noa—he pakarukaru, he poto te ora—he nui ngā kapia taiao o te rāffia e whakarato ana i te pakari whakamiharo, te ngāwari, me te ngāwari ki te tae. Mā tēnei tokotoru o ngā āhuatanga pai ka taea e ngā tohunga toi te ārahi i ngā momo ahua māia: mai i ngā āhua hou ki ngā tae kaleidoscopic, ka rere te auahatanga me te kore here.
Te Toi o te Whiri Rafia
Ka tino wehea ā-ringa e ngā tohunga toi ngā muka raffia kia ōrite te taumaha me te matotoru o ia whenu. Kātahi ka whatua ēnei whenu hei whiri e rima ngā papa, 120 mita te roa – he mahi e rima ngā rā katoa e hiahiatia ana. Kātahi ka tuia ia whiri miro ki te miro hei hanga i ngā āhua whakairo huatau, hei whakapūmau i te ataahua tawhito o te waitohu.
Te Tohunga Tuitui Rafia
I raro i ngā tikanga whatu-ā-ringa o ngā rautau kua pahure ake nei, ka hangaia e ngā tohunga toi te rāffia hei āhua wai-kore e awhi ana i te pane, pērā i te kiri tuarua. Ia Pōtae kakau rāwhia e puta mai ana i roto i ngā tuitui whakamiharo e 18,000 i whakatakotoria marietia—he tohu mō te manawanui me te tika o te tangata. Ko tēnei tikanga pūkenga, i tukuna iho i roto i ngā whakatipuranga, kei te noho tonu hei rohe motuhake o tētahi whakapapa tohunga kua whiriwhiria ā-ringa e kōrero ana ō rātou maihao i te reo wahangu o te tino pai.
Te Tikanga Matotoru
I te tau 2024, ka whatuhia e tēnei mahi auaha ngā iraira rerekē ki roto i ngā whiri raffia whānui. He mea whakairo ā-ringa ia iraira, pērā i te whiu paraihe a te kaitoi, e whakakī ana i ngā mahi ki te toi hou.
Ngā Puawai Rafia
Ka takai ngā taura ātaahua kia porowhita, ka whatuhia kia rite ki ngā raupua, kātahi ka whakairohia ā-ringa kia rite ki ngā putiputi. Ko te rāwhia Pōtae Pākete Kakaho me ngā putiputi rafia e 60 i hangaia ā-ringa – e whakaoho ana i te ataahua o te kōanga.
He mahi toi motuhake ia mahi toi a Lige, he tohu ki te ataahua o te taiao i whakarerekētia e te mahi toi a te tangata. Kei ia mahi toi te tohu o ngā ringaringa o tōna kaihanga me te wairua o ngā nikau o Madagascar. Whaia tā mātou haerenga i roto i ngā wā me ngā kohinga hei rumaki i a koe ki roto i ana rotarota toi pumau, te wāhi e hoatu ai e te tikanga tuku iho me te auahatanga te ora mutunga kore ki roto i ia whatu.