Ewé iran – Organic food wrapping leaves. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
Ki ariwo à-lò-tún-lò tó gbòde ni aiyé òde òni nipa àti dáàbò bo àyíká ni Yorùbá ti ńlo à-lò-tún-lò pàtàki li lo ewé lati pọ́n oúnjẹ.
Oriṣiriṣi ewé ló wà ni ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ti wọn fi má ńpọ́n oúnjẹ bi: ẹ̀kọ, ọ̀ọ̀lẹ̀/mọ́in-mọ́in, irẹsi sisè (ọ̀fadà), obì àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ. Ewé iran/ẹ̀kọ ló wọ́pọ lati fi pọ́n ẹ̀kọ, ọ̀ọ̀lẹ̀/mọ́in-mọ́in, iyán, àmàlà, irẹsi sisè àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ. Ewé obì, ewé ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀, ewé kókò, àti àwọn ewé yókù ni iwúlò wọn ni ilé tàbi lóko. Gbogbo ewé wọnyi wúlò fún àyiká ju ọ̀rá ti wọn ńlò lati pọ́n oúnjẹ láyé òde òni. Ewé li lo fún pi pọ́n àwọn oúnjẹ kò léwu rárá bi ọ̀rá igbàlódé.
Yorùbá ni “Bi a bà jẹ̀kọ à dári ji Ewé”. Òwe yi túmọ̀ si pé, bi a jẹ oúnjẹ inú ewé tán, à ju ewé nù. Ewé ti a kó sọnù wúlò fún àyiká ju ọ̀rá igbàlódé lọ. Bi wọn da ewé si ilẹ́, yio da ilẹ́ padà, bi wọn da sinú omi/odò, kò léwu fún ẹja àti ohun ẹlẹmi inú omi/odò, bi ọ̀rá àti ike igbàlódé ti ó ḿba àyiká jẹ́. Ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò àwòrán lilo ewé lójú iwé yi.
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- Obì ninú ewé Obì – Kolanut on Kolanut leaves. Courtesy:@theyorubablog
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- Oúnjẹ pi-pọ́n – Wrapping a meal. Courtesy @theyorubablog
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- Ọ̀ọ̀lẹ̀/Mọ́ínmọ́ín eléwé – Wrapped Steamed beans paste. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Before the recycling campaign began in the recent times, in order to preserve the environment, Yoruba people had been recycling particularly in the use of leaves to wrap or preserve food.
There are various types of leaves in Yoruba land that are used to wrap food such as corn-starch meal, steamed beans flour meal, pounded yam, yam flour meal, steamed rice etc. Corn-starch meal leave is the most commonly used leaf in wrapping most Yoruba meals. Kola-nut leaf, plantain/banana leaf, Cocoa leaf and all other leaves have their use both at home and in the farm. All these leaves are useful to the environment than the use of various polythene that is now commonly used to wrap food. Preserving food by wrapping in leaves has no danger like the processed plastics.
Yoruba proverb said “After eating the corn starch meal, forgive the leaf in which it is wrapped” This proverb can be applied to mean, when one has finished the meal wrapped with leaf, the leaf is thrown away. Dumped leaves are useful for the environment as it is bio-degradable than the impact of the polythene on the environment. When a leaf is disposed on the ground, it will decompose to soil, when thrown into the river/sea, it is not dangerous to the fishes and other living organism, unlike the man made polythene that is destroying the environment. Check out the pictures of leaf and its use on this page.
Originally posted 2015-06-23 10:15:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter