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In 2022, an unknown number of moai in Rano Raraku were damaged by a wildfire that covered an area of around 150 to 250 acres. The Mayor of Rapa Nui, Pedro Edmunds Paoa, stated the fire was started intentionally. Other authorities believe the damage to some of the affected statues is "irreparable". [58] [59]
The park has 887 Moai statues and 300 ceremonial platforms spread across the island, remnants of an extinct megalithic culture that were rediscovered in 1722 by a Dutch explorer. Easter Island is ...
The Moais were erected to protect and bring prosperity to their clan and village. [1] A particular feature of the seven identical moai statues is that they exactly face sunset during the Spring Equinox and have their backs to the sunrise during the Autumn Equinox. Such an astronomically precise feature is seen only at this location on the ...
On top of many ahu would have been: Moai on squarish "pedestals" looking inland, the ramp with the poro before them. Pukao or Hau Hiti Rau on the moai heads (platforms built after 1300). When a ceremony took place, "eyes" were placed on the statues. The whites of the eyes were made of coral, the iris was made of obsidian or red scoria.
Ahu Tongariki. The second moai from the right has a pukao on its head. All fifteen standing moai at Ahu Tongariki. Ahu Tongariki (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈa.u toŋɡaˈɾiki]) is the largest ahu on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami.
The moai represented a clan's "most revered forebears who were believed to bestow ‘mana’ on living leaders". [12] The park also has a few petroglyphs and paintings. [12] Rano Kau crater. The Birdman cult which replaced the moai cult worship was concentrated in Orongo at a ceremonial site called Mata Ngarau. [7]
They are inspired by moai, megalithic statues built by the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. The statues are made from kōgaseki (抗火石, lit. ' anti-fire stone '), a special type of pumice mined only in Niijima and on the Italian island of Lipari. [1] [2] Because of its lightness and porosity, one can easily carve it using only a chisel.
Two crew members were pulled out alive. The top priority for now is identifying the victims, supporting their families and treating the two survivors, Choi told a disaster management meeting in Seoul.