ʻO Isla Bananal, ka mokupuni muliwai nui loa ma ka honua i ka puʻuwai o Brazil

I kēia lā makemake wau e lawe iā ʻoe i ʻO ka Bananal Island a ʻo Bookash Island paha ka moku muliwai nui loa ma ka honua, e ana ana ma kahi o iwakālua tausani kilomika kilomika. Aia ia ma waena o nā kahawai ʻo Araguaia a me Javaés, ma Brazil. ʻO kona inoa i hele mai mai ka hoʻonui nui o nā māla maiʻa hihiu aia, ma kahi o ke ʻano i kapa ʻia he bookash.

ʻO ka wai maoli e hoʻopuni i ka mokupuni ʻo ia ka muliwai ʻo Araguaia, ʻo ia mau mea āpau i kahi hoʻonui o 2.600 km i loko o ka hapa nui e hiki ke hoʻokele. Akā ʻo kēia kahawai, ma mua o ke kahe ʻana i loko o nā Tocantins, ʻāpana i ʻelua mau lima like ʻole, a hui hou ʻia he 500 kilomita ma hope, a ʻo kēia ka mea, ma hope o nā mea āpau.

Ma kēia mokupuni he ʻumikūmālima mau kauhale ʻōiwi, ʻO kekahi o lākou ʻo ia ka Village ʻo Kanoanã, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hoʻokele a me nā meaola ʻē aʻe i Brazil.

E haʻi wau iā ʻoe i kēlā I nā mahina ʻo Ianuali a Malaki, i ka piʻi ʻana o ka muliwai ʻo Araguaia, ua koe ka hapa o ka mokupuni. akā i ka wā maloʻo, hoʻi ʻo Banana i kona ʻano kūlohelohe, exuberant, piha i ka biodiversity.

E kiʻi i laila ma ka holo ʻana hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo San Félix, ma ke kapa hema o ka mokupuni. I ke kūkulu ʻākau, hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi ma laila mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Santa Teresinha, a mai Gurupi a me Cristalandia paha. E like me ka ʻōlelo a nā ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa, ʻo ka manaʻo e kiʻi i Palmas, ke kapikala o Tocantins a mai laila e hoʻonohonoho ai i ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻohe mea nui o nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma ka mokupuni ʻo Bananal, akā aia kahi hōkele a me kahi hale hoʻokipa.

I kou noho ma ka mokupuni hiki iā ʻoe e kipa i ka Pāka Aupuni ʻo Aragua a hoʻokele i ka muliwai. Hana ʻia nā huakaʻi moku ma loko o ka makahiki, a i loko o ia mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā ʻano manu like ʻole, a ʻike i nā alligators, nā kuhukukū a me nā nūpepa, i waena o nā holoholona ʻē aʻe.