Ngā mihi o te Hakari Waka Tarakona!

I te mutunga o Mei, ka whakarite te iwi puta noa i Haina me ētahi atu wāhi o Āhia ki te whakanui i tētahi o ngā hakari tuku iho tawhito rawa atu, tino hihiri hoki — te Hakari Waka Tarakona, e mōhiotia ana ko te Hakari Duanwu. I te tau 2025, ka taka te Hakari Waka Tarakona ki te 31 o Mei, hei wā mō ngā huihuinga whānau, ngā whakamaharatanga ahurea, me ngā kai reka.

Neke atu i te 2,000 tau te roa o te Hakari Waka Tarakona e whai ake nei i ngā takenga mai o tēnei hararei. Ko te pūrākau rongonui mō tēnei hararei ko te kōrero mō Qu Yuan, he kaitito whenua, he minita hoki nō te wā o ngā Whenua Pakanga. I toremi a Qu Yuan mō tōna pono ki tōna whenua me āna rotarota whakahihiri, i roto i te awa o Miluo i muri i tana kitenga i te hekenga o tōna whenua aroha. Hei maumaharatanga ki a ia, i makahia e te iwi ngā paraoa raihi ki roto i te awa hei ārai i te ika kei kai i tōna tinana, ā, i hoe atu rātou i roto i ngā poti ki te rapu i a ia. I te mutunga ka whanake ēnei mahi hei tikanga tuku iho mō te kai zongzi me te whakahaere i ngā whakataetae poti tarakona.

Ko tētahi o ngā kai rongonui e pā ana ki te hakari ko te zongzi — he raihi piripono kua takaihia ki roto i ngā rau pāpaka, rau wiwi rānei, he maha ngā wā kua whakakiia ki te whakapiri pīni whero, ngā tāte, ngā toene hua manu tote, te mīti rānei. Ka huihui ngā whānau i ngā rā i mua i te hakari ki te whakarite zongzi, ki te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero me te tiaki i ngā tikanga tunu kai kua tukuna iho i roto i ngā whakatipuranga.

Ko tētahi atu wāhanga nui o te hakari ko te reihi poti tarakona, he hākinakina whakahihiri, he tino ataahua hoki. Ko ngā poti roa, whaiti kua whakapaipaihia kia rite ki ngā tarakona, e whakahaerehia ana e ngā tīma hoehoe, me te haere tahi me ngā patu pahu manawataki. Ehara i te mea he whakahihiri noa iho ngā reihi ki te mātakitaki engari he tohu hoki mō te mahi tahi, te maia, me te whakahīhī ahurea.

I ēnei rā, kua piki haere te rongonui o te Hakari Waka Tarakona puta noa i te ao. I te tau 2009, i whakarārangihia e te UNESCO hei Taonga Tuku Iho Ahurea Kore-Whaiaro o te Tangata, e whakaatu ana i tōna hiranga ahurea. I ēnei rā, e whakanuia ana te hakari i roto i ngā whenua maha o te ao, me ngā whakataetae waka tarakona e tū ana i ngā tāone pēnei i a Singapore, Vancouver, me Sydney.

I a tātou e whakanui ana i te Hakari Waka Tarakona i te tau 2025, kia maumahara tātou ki ngā uara o te pono, te aroha ki te whenua, me te hiranga o te whānau me te tikanga tuku iho. Ahakoa kei te takaro koe i te zongzi me ō hoa aroha, kei te mātakitaki rānei i te whakataetae waka tarakona, kia hari, kia ora, kia tau te rangimārie i roto i tēnei hakari.