ʻO ST. GEORGES, Grenada (eTN) - Ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni o Grenada i kona manaʻo e hoʻomaka i kahi papahana kanu lāʻau e hiki ai ke kanu ʻia nā kumulāʻau meaʻala like ʻole ma nā wahi i ʻike ʻia (e like me nā awa komo o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi) ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokipa mākaʻikaʻi.
“Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Grenada ʻo Isle of Spice a ʻo ka manaʻo o ka poʻe malihini e ʻike i nā kumulāʻau ʻala like ʻole mai ko lākou komo ʻana i ko mākou mau awa komo, e like me ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka leo o nā lāʻau pāma ma nā kiʻi Hollywood pēlā pū kekahi e ʻike ai. he leo o nā lāʻau ʻala i ko lākou komo ʻana i ka Isle of Spice," wahi a ke Kuhina Mahiai ʻo Denis Lett. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai kahi hoʻomaha mahiʻai ʻekolu i mālama ʻia.
ʻO nā kumulāʻau, i manaʻo ʻia e kanu ʻia i loko o nā mahina ʻeono e hiki mai ana, e komo pū me ka nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon a me ka lau bay. I kēia manawa, ʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau kumulāʻau, nona nā miliona o ka loaʻa kālā, ma ka nahele a i ʻole ma nā mahiʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lett, manaʻo ka poʻe kuleana o ka mahiʻai e pili pū ana ka mahiʻai a me ka mākaʻikaʻi a ʻaʻole e lilo ka pāhana kanu lāʻau i mea hoʻokipa ʻē aʻe akā e hoʻolaha pū ʻo ia iā Grenada ma ke ʻano he "wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo."
