Mana Nui Inn
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Mitten im Nichts
Heute morgen gegen 7 Uhr Ortszeit sind wir auf einem der einsamsten Flecken der Erde, der Osterinsel, gelandet. Im Umkreis von 2.000 km ist kein Stück bewohntes Land zu finden.
Der Flughafen ist klein. Das Gepäck wurde mit einem Traktor zum Flughafengebäude, einem "Bretterverschlag" nach Tims Worten, gebracht. Ein Gepäckband gibt es nicht …
Ahu, Moai, Pukao, Hanga, Umu ...
... viele "eigenartige" Worte sind uns auf der Osterinsel, die von den Einheimischen Rapa Nui genannt wird, begegnet.
Die Sprache (ebenfalls Rapa Nui) ist wohlklingend, aber doch sehr fremd für uns und daher auch schwierig zum sofortigen Merken und Auseinanderhalten. Aber nach ein paar Tagen hatten wir die wichtigsten Begriffe …
Day 66 - Maori and Moai
... that the Moai were originally built as a tribute to a king that had died. The people would cremate the king and then build the platforms and place the ashes under the platforms. The Moai was then erected on top of the platform. This line of 15 Moai were erected in succession as the kings died. It was believed that the Moai would look over the settlement and the ancestors would bring good fortune and provide the tribe with what they needed. So interesting. Then as ...
Rano Kau and the birdman cult
... which Rapa Nui has been made from. This, as could be read in the prolog, is the most important protected area of Rapa Neo. On the most eastern point and on the cliffs, the local people created a place with several houses, for each of the different Mata (groups) on Rapa Nui to worship the gods and ancestors. While living here the Moai culture was getting replaced by the birdman cult, more about that later. Also from here, you can clearly see the two Motu's (small islands) in front of ...
(Hitch)hiking the coastline
... with the distinctive Blue Legged Asian chickens, found in the Pacific, as well as the knowledge of how to make tapa from the bark of the mulberry tree, a plant indigenous to Burma. Indeed, all Polynesians made barkcloth, their only fabric. They made rope from the hau tree.
There followed one thousand four hundred years of isolation, during which the culture developed and the population divided into a number of clans that populated the various parts of Rapa Nui.
Thus began ...
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