Comment s'appellent les statues de l'île de Pâques ?
Comment s'appellent les statues de l'île de Pâques ?
Moaï Dressés là, immobiles, depuis des centaines d'années, les Moaï sont devenus un symbole de Rapa Nui, plus connu sous le nom d'île de Pâques.
Pourquoi visiter l'île de Pâques ?
Déclarée Patrimoine Mondial de l'UNESCO et Parc National, l'ile de Pâques possède de nombreux atouts naturels : plages, volcans, grottes, faune et flore (sur terre et sous la mer)… Cette ile est bien plus que l'image que l'on s'en fait : une terre désolée parsemée de géants de pierre !
What are the Easter Island Moai?
- What are the Moai? The Moai statutes date back nearly a thousand years and are the work of the early inhabitants of Easter Island. They are tall sculptures made out of volcanic rock, with disproportionately large heads.
What are the characteristics of a moai?
- The faces on these Moai have distinct features, such as broad noses and strong chins jutting out from the rest of the body. The Moai have eye sockets carved, with archaeologists believing coral eyes were used. What do the Moai represent?
Where are the moai made?
- To learn the moai's secrets, you have to start where nearly all of them were made. Around the vent of a dormant volcano, this is the ancient quarry of Rano Raraku. There are some 400 moai here, more than in any other spot on the island.
How many moai are on Oahu?
- They stand, strange silent sentinels, facing away from the sea, watching over the land and its people. At least a thousand moai can be found scattered across this island, which is about the size of Washington DC. Many more moai remain buried underground.
