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rapa nui by justin

Green geometrical pattern

Nearly&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;island's&nbsp;moai&nbsp;were&nbsp;carved&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;volcano&nbsp;Rano&nbsp;Raraku.

Some&nbsp;moai&nbsp;have&nbsp;straight,&nbsp;tube-shaped&nbsp;bodies.&nbsp;Others&nbsp;are&nbsp;triangle-shaped&nbsp;with&nbsp;wide&nbsp;shoulders.&nbsp;

Some&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;figures&nbsp;are&nbsp;topped&nbsp;with&nbsp;red&nbsp;stone.&nbsp;It's&nbsp;believed&nbsp;this&nbsp;represents&nbsp;a type&nbsp;of&nbsp;headdress&nbsp;or&nbsp;an&nbsp;Indigenous&nbsp;hairstyle&nbsp;worn&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Rapa&nbsp;Nui.

Radial blue

&nbsp;the&nbsp;descendants&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Indigenous&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;first&nbsp;settled&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;island&nbsp;call&nbsp;both&nbsp;themselves&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;island&nbsp;Rapa&nbsp;Nui.

The&nbsp;island&nbsp;is&nbsp;located&nbsp;about&nbsp;2,300&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(3,700&nbsp;kilometers)&nbsp;west&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;coast&nbsp;of&nbsp;Chile.

"Rapa Nui." PebbleGo, Capstone, 3 May 2023, www.pebblego.com.

statues&nbsp;were&nbsp;put&nbsp;up&nbsp;in&nbsp;honor&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;important&nbsp;ancestor&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;family&nbsp;or&nbsp;clan. 

&nbsp;The&nbsp;moai&nbsp;represented&nbsp;the&nbsp;spirit&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;ancestor.

.&nbsp;They&nbsp;face&nbsp;toward&nbsp;the&nbsp;villages&nbsp;to&nbsp;watch&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;people.

Blue geometrical pattern

When&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;Polynesians&nbsp;arrived&nbsp;on&nbsp;Rapa&nbsp;Nui,&nbsp;the&nbsp;island&nbsp;was&nbsp;covered&nbsp;with&nbsp;thick&nbsp;forests&nbsp;of&nbsp;hardwood&nbsp;and&nbsp;palm&nbsp;trees

Outbreaks&nbsp;of&nbsp;smallpox&nbsp;lowered&nbsp;the&nbsp;island&nbsp;population.&nbsp;By&nbsp;1877,&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;125 Indigenous&nbsp;people&nbsp;were&nbsp;living&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;island.

Red geometrical pattern

The&nbsp;eruptions&nbsp;of&nbsp;three&nbsp;undersea&nbsp;volcanoes&nbsp;formed&nbsp;Rapa&nbsp;Nui.&nbsp;The&nbsp;volcanoes&nbsp;erupted&nbsp;at&nbsp;different&nbsp;times.

This&nbsp;is&nbsp;where&nbsp;they&nbsp;mined&nbsp;the&nbsp;stone&nbsp;from&nbsp;which&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;statues&nbsp;were&nbsp;carved.

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