ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Ierusalema a me ka huakaʻi ma Rio de Janeiro ua like a ʻokoʻa loa. Ua hōʻike ʻo Kauka Peter Tarlow mai Rio ma hope o ka holo ʻana i ka pō holoʻokoʻa. Ua ala ʻo ia i ka hola 7:00 pm ma Rio Marriott Hotel a kākau.
Nui koʻu pūʻiwa i ka piha o kahakai ʻo Copacabana a ke ao nei nō. I kaʻu semi-stupor poina iaʻu aia wau i ka Hemisphere Hema a ʻo Kēkēmapa 21st ʻo ia ka lā lōʻihi loa o ka makahiki a me ka lā mua o ke kauwela.
ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana i Rio de Janeiro kokoke pololei mai Ierusalema aku ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole wau ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻāina ʻelua wale nō o ka honua, akā ma nā mea kūlike hoʻi i ka moʻomeheu ʻelua. Inā ʻo Ierusalema kahi kūlanakauhale no ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a laila ʻo Rio de Janeiro ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. Ma aneʻi, no ka wela paha, lilo ka hūnā i aniani moakaka. Ma nā mile o nā kahakai, ʻo Cariocas, (ka inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe o Rio) komo i ka liʻiliʻi o nā lole i hiki, ʻoiai kahi e koi ai ka poʻe ascetics i ka noʻonoʻo pilikino. Pēlā nō inā he hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Ierusalema i ka hohonu, he hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Rio i nā mea waiwai ʻole a mea nui ʻole hoʻi. ʻ statelelo nā kamaʻāina he ʻekolu pou ko ka moʻomeheu a Rio: futebol (soccer), ke kahakai, a me nā karnival. Maʻaneʻi ʻaʻole ka hana kahi hana akā he mea hihia i ka alualu ʻana i ka moekolohe a me ka maʻamau o ke ola.
ʻOiai nā ʻano like ʻole, i kekahi manawa ʻākoakoa nā mea ʻē aʻe. He kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Ierusalema, no ka hohonu i hōʻike ʻia i kekahi manawa i kēia ʻano kūhewa i ka hana ʻino. He kūlanakauhale ʻo Rio ma aneʻi a ʻānō hoʻi, no laila, lilo ka ʻano joie de vivre i mea kolohe. I kekahi kūlanakauhale, pili ka hana ʻino i ka mālama nui, a ma kahi ʻē aʻe e piʻo ana ia mai ka liʻiliʻi. Ironically, nā kūlanakauhale nui kaulana ʻelua e pili me ka manaʻoʻiʻo. Inā hoʻomalu ʻia ʻo Ierusalema e kāna Dome of The Rock, ka West Wall, a me ka Church of the Holy Sepulcher, ua hoʻomalu ʻia ʻo Rio e Corcovado, kona hōʻailona hope loa o ka Kakolika.
Ma kahi ʻano like ʻo Israel i ka Hikina Waena akā ka moʻomeheu ʻaʻole ia o ka Hikina Waena i kēia manawa. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ola Iudaio ma mua o ka lāhui Arab e millennia, aia ka ʻIseraʻela ma ka moʻomeheu ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Hikina Waena. He mokupuni ʻōlelo Hebera ia i ke kai o ʻAlapia. Ma kahi ʻano like ʻo Brazil ma ʻAmelika Latin akā ʻaʻole no Latin America. Eia ka ʻōlelo Pukiki a me ka moʻomeheu Brazil a me nā meaʻai he mau honua ʻokoʻa ia mai kona mau hoanoho Sepania. E like me ka moe ʻana a ʻIseraʻela ma ka palena o ka Hikina Waena pēlā nō hoʻi ʻo Brazil a me ke ʻano maoli he ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli nō ia no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻAʻohe kānalua e hele ana ʻo Brazil a me Rio i kahi manawa hoʻololi politika. Ua kāʻili ʻia nā aupuni hilinaʻi hema o ka wā i hala. ʻO ka nohona kaiāulu, ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me ka liberalism, ua ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he manaʻolana o ka poʻe ʻilihune, akā i kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻia e like me ka lāʻau make o ka poʻe i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. 'Lelo nā poʻe maʻaneʻi e pili ana i ka nohona kaiāulu e like me ke ʻano a ka poʻe pseudo-intelectuais keʻokeʻo waiwai i hoʻohuli ai i ka poʻe ʻilihune e noho ʻilihune a naive hoʻi nā poʻe ʻōpio i nā ola o ka ʻilihune a me nā mea hōʻeha.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka wanaʻao a ʻaʻa hoʻi e wānana inā e hoʻololi kēia mau lula politika i ka ilihune i manawa kūpono waiwai, a i ʻole hoʻokahi wale nō manaʻo politika i kūleʻa ʻole, nui ka manaolana. I kēlā manaʻo aia he ʻano like loa ma waena o kēia mau kūlanakauhale ʻokoʻa loa. ʻO ka mele mele aupuni a ʻIseraʻela ʻo Ha'Tikva ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Hope a eia ma Rio de Janeiro ka huaʻōlelo e lohe pinepine ʻia ʻo Esperança: Hope!
Malia paha he lana ka manaʻo e hoʻohui i kēia mau ʻaoʻao ʻelua polar culture a ʻae i ka ʻuhane kanaka e hana i ka mālamalama mai ka pouli. Aloha maikaʻi mai kahi ʻāina kahi e ʻālohilohi ai ka lā me ka manaʻolana a me nā hauʻoli maʻalahi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In my semi-stupor I had forgotten that I was in the Southern Hemisphere and December 21st here is the longest day of the year and the first day of summer.
- In a like manner Israel is in the Middle East but culturally it is not really of the current Middle East.
- Arriving in Rio de Janeiro almost directly from Jerusalem I realized that I was not only at two geographic ends of the world, but also at two culturally polar opposites.
