He aha te take o te tuku putiputi?
I te ao katoa, e mano tini ngā putiputi ataahua e kitea ana i roto i ngā momo āhua, rahi, tae, me ngā kakara, e totohu ana te kanohi, e whakamarie ana i te hinengaro, e whakahihiko ana i te wairua ki ō rātou ataahua, ki te mea ngaro, me te reo uaua. Nā, i pēhea te tīmatanga? Mā te mārama ki te hītori, ka kite tātou he tawhito rawa te tikanga tuku putiputi, he hohonu ngā tikanga me te reo uaua, ā, ko te hītori, ko ngā pūrākau me ngā kōrero e ahu mai ana i Kariki tawhito, i Ihipa e whakaatu ana he wāhanga nui ngā putiputi o ngā tikanga pāpori. Ko tētahi o ngā putiputi tino pai o ngā Kariki tawhito ko te rōhi, he tohu mō te taonga me te mana. I te wā o te hakari, ka whakakīia ngā rau rōhi ki ngā putiputi me ngā putiputi "taka" mai i te tuanui, nō reira ka hipokina ngā manuhiri katoa mai i te mahunga ki ngā waewae ki ngā putiputi ataahua. Mō ngā Parao o Ihipa tawhito, he tohu ngā putiputi mō te taonga, te ataahua, me te mana whakamiharo. Hei tāpiri, ka tukuna e ngā Ihipiana ngā putiputi e tupu ana i te taha o te awa o te Nile ki ō rātou whanaunga hei huarahi ki te whakapuaki i ō rātou kare ā-roto.
I roto i te hītori, ko te hoatu putiputi tētahi o ngā momo whakawhitiwhiti kōrero tino ataahua i waenganui i te tokorua, nō reira, he aha te huarahi pai ki te takai i tētahi putiputi, i tētahi pouaka putiputi rānei?
1. Putiputi: he ngāwari ki te kawe, he takai putiputi tuku iho; Engari he tino teitei hoki te kounga o ngā peka putiputi, ki te kore ka ahua ngoikore te putiputi.
2. Ngā pouaka putiputi: Ka taea te whakakotahi i ngā pouaka putiputi me ngā putiputi roa, poto hoki o ngā āhua rerekē. Ki te whakaritea ki ngā kaihanga putiputi, he rerekē ake te auahatanga o ngā pouaka putiputi.
Ahakoa kei te tuku putiputi koe ki tētahi, kei te whakanui rānei i tētahi huihuinga motuhake, e maioha ana te nuinga o ngā wāhine ki ngā putiputi hei koha. E whakaatu ana tēnei he mea ataahua, he mea whakamīharo hoki kei roto i ngā putiputi e tino kukume ana i te wairua tangata. E whakaatu ana hoki tēnei e tino pai ana tātou ki te tohu o ngā putiputi kei roto i ō tātou ringaringa.
