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The Tukuturi moai is a unique statue found on Easter Island that is much smaller than other moais and is kneeling with its hands on its legs. It is the only moai in this position. Pukao, or topknots, were placed on the heads of some larger moais at ceremonial sites and less than 100 have been found, with 30 remaining at the quarry. Rano Raraku was the volcanic quarry where nearly all moais were carved out of the rock over 500 years.

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The Tukuturi moai is a unique statue found on Easter Island that is much smaller than other moais and is kneeling with its hands on its legs. It is the only moai in this position. Pukao, or topknots, were placed on the heads of some larger moais at ceremonial sites and less than 100 have been found, with 30 remaining at the quarry. Rano Raraku was the volcanic quarry where nearly all moais were carved out of the rock over 500 years.

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TUKUTURI MOAI:

The Tukuturi moai is completely different from all the


other ones found elsewhere on the island. First, it is EASTER ISLAND
(CHILE)
much smaller than the rest you will come across and
more curiously, the Tukuturi Moai is in a kneeling posi-
tion with its hands on its legs

These pukao were added at a later stage in the


history of moai making and were only placed on
the largest moai at the most impor-
tant ahu (ceremonial sites). In total less than MOAIS
100 pukao have been found with 30 of these still
remaining in the Puna Pau quarry or nearby. What

AHU TAHAI:

Many people walk 15-20 minutes north of Hanga


Roa to take photos of Ahu Tahai at sunset. To get
there, head down to the water at Hanga Roa, past
the football/soccer field and past the caleta PUKAO:

On the top of the heads of some of the Easter Island


Moai you may see a reddish rock that looks like a hat.
Well, these did not represent hats but instead a top-
knot (of hair).
INTRODUCTION

Easter Island is known by the local The Moai Statues were carved from the island's volcanic
people as Rapa Nui. In Spanish the
island is called Isla de Pascua. rock at Rano Raraku. They can have a diameter of more
than 3 meters and heights that can reach up to 24 me-
ters. The height of the statues grew over time so you
can roughly say that the smaller the statue, the older it
is. Considering that many statues weigh up to 80 ton-
nes, we can only wonder how they were put into their
upright position.
Rano Raruku is commonly known as the Moai Fac-
tory as you can see the different stages of how the
Moai were carved directly out of the rock.
How did it get its name? Well, he RANO RARAKUCRATER LAKE
island was discovered on Easter
The entrance to the crater area is on the more gently
day (Sunday 6 April 1722) by the
sloped northwest part of the crater. The first part is a
Dutch Admiral Jacob Roggeveen.
fairly easy walk though after about 5 or so minutes you
will notice a slightly steeper section heading up the
Easter Island is located in the midd-
side of the volcano. Once at the top you will observe a
le of the Pacific Ocean about
freshwater lake filling the middle of the volcanos cra-
3,700km from the Chilean Coast
ter. It is surrounded by plants and wildlife.
making it the most isolated inhabi-
ted island in the world. With its pe-
RANO RARAKU:
troglyphs and imposing Moai sta-
tues, the island is like an outdoor Rano Raruku is a volcano that is part of
Easter Islands National Park. This area,
museum that cannot be found considered a World Heritage site since
anywhere else. 1996, was the quarry that supplied the sto-
ne for almost all of the Moai on the island
for over 500 years.

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