GENEVA - E hoʻokūkū ka Grand Canyon, Mount Everest a me Loch Ness me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o 200 i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hoʻokūkū honua no ka New 7 Wonders of Nature, wahi a nā mea hoʻonohonoho i ka Pōʻakolu. ʻO nā mea i koho ʻia he 261 mai nā ʻāina he 222, aia kekahi o nā puʻu mauna kaulana loa, nā loko, a me nā mea hoihoi ʻē aʻe, e like me ka Great Barrier Reef a me Niagara Falls.
ʻOi aku ka piliona kānaka e manaʻo ʻia e komo i ka koho balota pūnaewele e koho ai i 77 semifinalists no nā mea kupanaha kūlohelohe kiʻekiʻe, e kaʻana like i ka nani i hauʻoli ʻia e nā mea kupanaha ʻehiku i koho ʻia i 18 mau mahina i hala.
"Ke kāhea nei mākou i nā poʻe a puni ka honua e hōʻike ikaika i ko lākou mahalo i ko mākou ... honua kūlohelohe ma o ka hui pū ʻana e hoʻolauleʻa i nā pūnaewele kupaianaha loa o ko mākou honua," wahi a Tia Viering, ka waha ʻōlelo o ka New 7 Wonders campaign.
Ua hōʻiliʻili ke kumu waiwai ʻole o Swiss i 441 mau koho ma luna o ka Pūnaewele mai kona wehe ʻana i ke kaʻina koho ma 2007.
A laila koho ke kumu i ka mea koho balota kiʻekiʻe mai kēlā me kēia ʻāina, e hana ana i kahi papa inoa o 222 mau pūnaewele. Ua piʻi ka papa inoa holoʻokoʻa i 261 me ka hoʻokomo ʻana o nā pūnaewele i kaʻana like ʻia e ʻelua a ʻoi aku paha nā ʻāina - e like me Niagara Falls a me Lake Superior ma waena o Kanada a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me ka Matterhorn, ma waena o Switzerland a me Italia.
Hiki ke koho balota a hiki i ka la 7 o Iulai. ʻO ke kau inoa ʻana ma ka pūnaewele puni honua, ʻo ia ka mea e pale aku ai i ka poʻe mai ke koho pāloka ʻelua.
Loaʻa i nā quarterfinalists kekahi mau wahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia, e like me ka Yasur Volcano ma ka mokupuni hema o ka Pākīpika ʻo Vanuatu a i ʻole ʻo Zuma Rock ʻo Nigeria, he monolith nunui i waenakonu o ka ʻāina ʻApelika.
ʻO kahi papa o ka poʻe loea i ke ʻano, i alakaʻi ʻia e Federico Mayor, ka luna mua o UNESCO, ka UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, e hōʻemi i ka papa inoa i ka 21 hope loa i Iulai.
A laila e koho ʻia nā mea lanakila ʻehiku ma ke koho balota lehulehu a hiki i ka makahiki 2011, i kēia manawa ma ka Pūnaewele, kelepona a me nā leka uila.
Ma kahi o 100 miliona mau kānaka i koho i ke koho ʻana i nā mea kupanaha ʻehiku i hana ʻia e ke kanaka. ʻO ka poʻe lanakila, ʻo ia nā Pyramids o Giza, ʻAigupita; ka Colosseum, Italia; ka Pa Nui o Kina; ka Taj Mahal, India; Petra, Ioredane; ʻO Kristo ka Hoʻōla kiʻi, Brazil; Machu Picchu, Peru; a me ka Pyramid ma Chichen Itza, Mekiko.
"ʻO ka hoihoi no ka hoʻolaha, ka mea i lawe mai i ka moʻomeheu mai nā kihi lepo a hoʻi hou i ke ola ma nā ʻaoʻao mua, nā pale TV a me nā kamepiula ma nā wahi āpau, ua hele i nā laina āpau a me ka hoʻokele waiwai," wahi a Viering. "Ua komo nui nā poʻe a pau mai nā keiki kula a hiki i nā ʻoihana."
ʻO ke koho ʻana i nā mea kupanaha o ka honua he mea hoihoi mau ia i nā kenekulia. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo UNESCO i kāna papa inoa o nā kahua hoʻoilina o ka honua, a he 878 mau wahi i kēia manawa.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻo New 7 Wonders i alakaʻi ʻia e Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber e manaʻo e hāpai i ka ʻokoʻa moʻomeheu ma ke kākoʻo ʻana, mālama a hoʻihoʻi i nā monuments a me nā wahi kūlohelohe. Ke hilinaʻi nei ia i nā hāʻawi pilikino a me nā loaʻa kālā mai ke kūʻai ʻana i nā kuleana hoʻolaha.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Loaʻa i nā quarterfinalists kekahi mau wahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia, e like me ka Yasur Volcano ma ka mokupuni hema o ka Pākīpika ʻo Vanuatu a i ʻole ʻo Zuma Rock ʻo Nigeria, he monolith nunui i waenakonu o ka ʻāina ʻApelika.
- ʻOi aku ka piliona kānaka e manaʻo ʻia e komo i ka koho balota pūnaewele e koho ai i 77 semifinalists no nā mea kupanaha kūlohelohe kiʻekiʻe, e kaʻana like i ka nani i hauʻoli ʻia e nā mea kupanaha ʻehiku i koho ʻia i 18 mau mahina i hala.
- The overall list rose to 261 with the inclusion of sites shared by two or more countries — such as Niagara Falls and Lake Superior between Canada and the United States, and the Matterhorn, between Switzerland and Italy.
