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The more recent moai had pukao on their heads, which represent the topknot of the chieftains. According to local tradition, the mana was preserved in the hair. The pukao were carved out of red scoria, a very light rock from a quarry at Puna Pau. Red itself is considered a sacred color in Polynesia.
Moais (模合, Mo-ai) are social support groups that form in order to provide varying support from social, financial, health, or spiritual interests. [1] Moai means "meeting for a common purpose" in Japanese and originated from the social support groups in Okinawa, Japan. [2]
Those moai with pukao are meant to be shown as more majestic and important. This distinction may have also indicated to islanders those statues at which various rituals should be performed. [4] Pukao are now believed to represent hair [5] because it was the custom for high-ranking men to have long hair tied in a bun on the top of their heads. [2]
The first moai, Hoa Hakananai’a, is carved from basalt and has been dated to 1000-1200 while the second, Moai Hava, was made from volcanic tuff between 1100 and 1600.
Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter. Pages in category "Moai" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
They are meant to represent people who were exiled to Niijima. [1] The "moyai" emoji as it appeared in Android 4.3, where it depicted the Shibuya statue. It was later changed to an Easter Island moai. In 2009, the statue was involved in an event featuring Lupin III, a popular manga character.
Moai, a monolithic human figure on Easter Island, sometimes erroneously called tiki; Tiki culture, a 20th-century decorative style used in Polynesian-themed restaurants; Taotao, similar carvings of ancestral and nature spirits in the Philippine islands; Totem pole, artworks similar in shape and purpose from Cascadian cultures; Chemamull ...
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