Ka Luakini o Saturn, ma Roma

Inā ʻoe e hele wāwae ma nā alanui o Roma, ʻoi aku a i ʻole ka hopena o ka Roman Forum, e ʻike ʻoe i ka Luakini o Saturn, kahi luakini e hoʻomaka ana mai 497 BC a i hana i nā hana hou ʻelua ma waena o AD 360 a me 380 ʻO kēia luakini ke kikowaena o ka hoʻolauleʻa kaulana o Saturn o Saturnalia Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia kēlā me kēia Kēkēmapa a no ka mea, ʻōlelo ʻia, hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ka Mele Kalikimaka (e uhi ai).

ʻĀ, ʻo Saturn kēlā ke akua o ka mahiʻai (Cronos ma ka Helene), ka mea nāna i aʻo i nā kāne e hana i ka ʻāina a no ka mea a mākou e kapa aku nei ʻo Poaono ka lā o ka pule. Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻia kāna ʻahaʻaina ma ka lā 17 o Kēkēmapa aʻo ia ka ʻahaʻaina Roma i makemake nui ʻia no ka mea ʻaʻohe hana, hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā kauā a hāʻawi ʻia nā makana a loaʻa ʻia. ʻO ka Luakini o Saturn Ua kūkulu ʻia i loko o ka waihona ma kahi o 497 BC a lilo i hale waiwai a me kahi heiau. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia i ka 42 AD a ma hope ma waena o 360 a 380 AD me kahi i kuhi ʻia a laila huhū nā Karistiano.

I kēia lā aia ma kahi o 8 mau kolamu o ka portico i koe o ia a me kekahi mau ʻanuʻu i iho i lalo i ka hale haʻahaʻa kahi e waiho ai ka waiwai. ʻO nā kolamu o ka granite ʻAigupita, ʻulaʻula a me ka hina, a aia kekahi i hoʻokahi ʻāpana. Mai hoʻōki i ke paʻi kiʻi ʻana iā ia.