Monday, August 13, 2012

Easter: feel the "world navel" magic

Easter Island is an island in the South Pacific, the local language says Rapanui Island, located in the west of Chilean sea 3000 kilometers. Easter Island is one of the most retire island in the world, its recent settlers from the Peter Kaine islands has more than two thousand kilometers distance. Reportedly, one handed down from the ancestors is called "Tepituo �� Kula", it has been translated into the "navel of the world", this statement caused many people thoughts thronged one's mind.

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The island was similar to the shape of a triangle, consisting of three volcano, and the Juan Fernandez islands and two in the South Pacific territory of chile. Easter Island is full of mysterious respect to hundreds of giant stone statues known.

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Easter Island across nearly statue huge stone figures, they or lie on the mountain slopes, or lying on the beach. There are scores of them statue erected in the artificial platform, a single or a gathering in crowds and groups, facing the sea, high hyperopia. These have no legs, body statues vivid style, the high bridge of the nose, deep eyes, long ears, Alice mouth, hands on his stomach.

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Stone 5-10 meters high in general, heavy dozens of tons, the highest one is 22 meters, weighing more than 300 tons. Some stone head with red stone hats, weighing up to 10 tons. These are the local people called "Moai" stone by dark basalt, tuff carved, some also use shell inlaid into the eyes, one's eyes brimming with radiating vigour.

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