Ita kadai gonar lu'u-lu'u ta teku a nahiyar Amurka ta sake samar da kyawawan lu'lu'u na azurfa wanda ya taba sanya Kogin Cortez da Mexico shahara. Gaskiya rarity a cikin mulkin duwatsu masu daraja.
Waɗannan duwatsu masu daraja sun haɗu da ƙasarmu kamar yadda a yau su ne rairayin bakin teku masu kyau, sarapes ko tacos. Daga binciken da aka samu a karni na 16, Tekun Bermejo ya yi gogayya da shahara tare da Tekun Fasha don lu'ulu'u mai launuka iri-iri kuma waɗannan lu'ulu'u nan ba da daɗewa ba sun zama ɗayan manyan kayan fitarwa na New Spain.
A tsakiyar karni na 20 mafarkin ya ƙare. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II babban lu'u-lu'u mai daɗi a cikin Tekun Cortez ya ƙare, mai yiwuwa saboda yawan amfani da shi, kuma tare da su shahararrun ta dushe.
Koyaya, a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, ƙungiyar ɗalibai daga Cibiyar Fasaha da Manyan Ilimi ta Monterrey, harabar Guaymas, sun yi tambaya: "Idan an sami lu'u-lu'u a nan a da, me ya sa ba yanzu ba?" A cikin 1996, abin da ya fara a matsayin aikin kwaleji na ƙarshen mako ya zama aikin gwaji wanda TEC da kanta ta ɗauki nauyinsa, kuma daga baya ya zama “cikakken cikakken ciniki”. Wannan yana da gonar a cikin kyakkyawan gabar Bacochibampo, dab da Guaymas. Ga sabon baƙon, da alama ba za a iya ganinsa ba, har sai ya gano layuka masu yawa na baƙin buoys da ke nuna ayyukan ruwan ƙarƙashin ruwa, inda wannan “noman” da ba a cika samunsa ba. Albarkacin kayan ba wani bane face uwar lu'u lu'u lu'u-lu'u (Pteria sterna), wanda aka fi sani da rashin dacewar bawonsa, amma ba don halayensa na kawa mai lu'u lu'u ba. A cikin shekaru sittin, wani rukuni na Jafananci sun zo Tekun Cortez da nufin ƙirƙirar gonakin lu'u-lu'u da shi, amma ba su yi nasara ba kuma sun bayyana cewa ba zai yiwu a iya yin lu'ulu'u da wannan nau'in ba. Amma inda Jafananci suka kasa, Mexico sun ci nasara.
Dubu biyar a shekara
Bayan shekaru na gwaji da girbi marar amfani, Lu'u-lu'u na Tekun Cortez yana samar da lu'ulu'u kusan dubu biyar a shekara; Kadan ne idan aka kwatanta da yawan tan lu'u lu'u na akoya daga Asiya ko baƙi daga Polynesia ta Faransa, amma babban nasarar da aka samu idan aka yi la’akari da wannan yunƙurin kasuwanci shine majagaba.
Da alama aiki ne mai wuya a bayyana launinsa da kyau da kyau, a tsakanin wasu dalilai, saboda kwatancen uwar lu'u-lu'u yawanci yana samar da lu'u lu'u ne na launuka daban-daban. Wataƙila mafi yawancin wannan sabon nau'in na Mexico shine azurfa, wani lokacin kuma ana kiranta launin toka mai launin toka ko launin toka na azurfa, amma babu ƙarancin waɗanda suka fi dacewa da zinare, launin toka ko kuma violet, tare da manyan launuka daga ruwan hoda zuwa kore. A kowane hali, launi ne na musamman a duniya (kuma a fagen duwatsu masu daraja) wanda ke ƙara keɓancewa da ƙimarta.
Samun nasara cikin kasuwar kayan kwalliya ba abu ne mai sauki ba. Wadannan lu'u-lu'u sun sami karbuwa sosai a kasashen waje, musamman Amurka. Babu ƙarancin masu adon kayan ado a ƙasarmu waɗanda idan suka ga lu'ulu'un, sai suka tambaye su cikin yanayin takaici: "Amma me ya sa suka matse?"
Tarbiyya daya tilo
Gidan gonar Perlas del Mar de Cortés da ke Guaymas a buɗe yake ga jama'a, inda za ku iya koyo game da aikin samarwa, wanda zai fara a ƙarshen hunturu, lokacin da uwar lu'u lu'u-lu'u ta haihu. ““A seedan” an gyara shi cikin buhunan albasa kuma, ya riga ya ɗan fi girma, lokacin da yake da kwasfa, yana wucewa cikin raga. Bayan haka, an yi amfani da kawa, wato, an dasa wani yanki kaɗan na nacre shell (tare da ƙarin ƙwayoyin da ke samar da nacre) don haka mollusk ɗin ya rufe shi da abin da ake kira “jakar lu’ulu’u”. Kimanin watanni 18 daga baya, lu'u-lu'u na ƙarshe an shirya kuma ana iya girbe shi.
An faɗi wannan hanyar, yana kama da hanya mai sauƙi. A zahiri, komai ya fi rikitarwa. Akwai imponderables dubu: gonar ta fuskanci guguwa har ma da malale magudanar ruwa a cikin bay. A nasu bangaren, kawa a wasu lokuta suna da laushi kamar na spaniel kuma ya zama dole a basu "kulawa", ma'ana, su kula da lafiyarsu da kuma kyauta musu lokaci daga wasu kwayoyin cuta. Daga cikin kawa da aka sarrafa kashi 15% kacal suka ci gaba da samar da lu'ulu'u mai sayayyar ta wata hanya (duk da abin tunawa). Kuma kamar dai hakan bai isa ba, gabaɗaya tsarin, tun daga lokacin da aka haifi kawa har sai da aka yanka ta don samun lu'lu'unta, yana ɗaukar shekaru uku da rabi.
Duk da matsalolin, gonar tana tafiya daga ƙarfi zuwa ƙarfi. Mutane goma sha biyar ke rayuwa a kanta kuma babu wanda ya ziyarci Guaymas da zai iya kewarsa. Ganin kawa a cikin raga-raga ko kuma a cikin manyan keɓaɓɓu abin birgewa ne, kamar yadda ake ganin waɗannan lu'ulu'u na Mexico masu ban al'ajabi da kusa ...
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