Easter Island - a Wonder of Nature

● Isla de Pascua
● Chile
● IV A.D.
Moai
● Type of tuff sculpture

● They weigh around 18 tons

● Their average height is 6 meters

● The biggest found Moai, was not

finished, but its weight was 270 tons
and is was 21 meters high
‘Rano Raraku’ quarry
About 95% of all 887 moais were
made there.
394 (44%) were left just there.

For unknown reasons, it has been

abandoned

Many sculptors left their moais

unfinished, as so they weren’t
included in 887 of all Easter
Island’s moai amount
 The legend of Hotu Matu’a
The tribe’s chief, Hotu Matu’a, has left his homeland in search of new place to live in.
When he died, his ghost separated his land between the 6 of his sons.
The biggest Moai in each of son’s land was given the power of holding Hotu Matu’a’s
maana.
Hotu Matu’a’s maana was supposed to make the soil more fertile and make the plants
grow bigger.
Thank you for listening!