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    • sobota, 22 lutego 2025 11:21
    • 🌧 24 °C
    • Wysokość: 24 m
    • ChiliPunta Yama27°7’36” S  109°16’41” W
    When I first saw the 15 in a row, I gasped
    These 15 moai were reerected with the help of the JapaneseThey're so imposingClose upFrom the backThis moai had its head reattachedCarved a distance away and erected hereCarved from a single stoneThis one is sunken. The typical ratio is head 1/3, body 2/3.Another that sunk1They're all over the island, wherever there were villagesThe terrain is so wide open that the moai can't be missedThe quarry where the moai were sculptedUnfinished moai at the quarryA magnetic rock that is believed to have been brought here by the first kingA beachThese seven near the beach are the best preserved. They were found face down in sand.This lone moai seemed portly relative to the othersSo much detail visible on theseSunset

    Moai Day, Rapa Nui/Easter Island

    22 lutego, Chili ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    Today was moai day! They’re what Rapa Nui/Easter Island is famous for and what makes this place so incredibly special. There are about 7,000 people living here today, but there were 17,000 living on the island in its peak in the 1700s. Because Rapa Nui is the most remote inhabited island in the world, the people here remained insulated from the rest of the world. They established their own rituals, including building moai.

    We spent a full day visiting sites within the national park to see tumbled as well as re-erected moai. The most impressive site has a platform of 15 that were restored in 1996. The tallest of them is 8.7 metres and weighs 81 tonnes. The proportion of a moai is usually 1/3 head and 2/3 body. Many of the ones we saw were sunken. There are about 900 spread across the island.

    The statues were built in about 1400 to 1650 A.D.. And they were built from single pieces of stone and brought to their sites. How this was done is still a mystery. Each statue is representative of a royal tribe member and is erected as a monument upon their death. The moai are erected facing the village. There were hundreds of these villages with their own moai and when conflicts arose, villagers would go tumble an enemy’s moai. You can read more about them here:

    https://www.easterisland.travel/easter-island-f…

    The moai are so regal and imposing. Pictures can’t do them justice. Seeing them in person is a real privilege.
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    Elaine Bullard

    PodróżnikThey look absolutely stunning!

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    Kadi Kaljuste

    PodróżnikThey are!❤️

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    Deborah Read

    PodróżnikAmazing.

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