Moai

Los Moai (o mo‘ai) (AFI:[ˈmoʊ.аɪ]) son de figuras umanas monoliticas talhadas dins la ròca entre los ans 1250 e 1500 e presentas sus l'illa polinesiana de Rapa Nui (Illa de Pascas) . Aperaquí la mitat son sempre a Rano Raraku, la principala peirièra de moai, mas de centenas foguèron carrejadas e quilhadas sus de peirons sonats Ahu dins tot lo perimètre de l'illa. Gaireben totes los moai tenon un cap que fa los tres-cinquen de la talha de son còs. Los moai representan las 'caras vivas' (aringa ora) dels avis deificat. Las estatuas èran encara sus las tèrras de sos clans quand los primièrs europèus visitèron l'illa, mas fòrça foguèron abatudas pendent los darrièrs conflictes entre clans.

, adobats per l'arqueològ chilen Claudio Cristino en 1990]] La produccion e lo carreg las estatuas es considerat coma un remarcable trabalh intellectual, creatiu, e fisic . Lo pus naut moai quilhat, sonat Paro, fa 10 m de naut e pesa 75 tonas; Lo pus pesuc quilhat es pus cortet, installat a Ahu Tongariki, pesa 86 tonas; e una escultura inacabada, auriá mesurat aperaquí,21 m de naut e pesat 270 tonas.

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