Easter Island,Pasific

Easter Island, or the island is also called Rapa Nui, located in the South Pacific Ocean, roughly 2300 miles from the west coast Peru.Dibentuk by volcanic explosion on the sea floor, and then separated from the islands of Polynesia by the ocean that has it's own very luas.Pulau area 45 miles square, and has three crater-lake vulkanik.Danau now is some of the few areas of fertile nature, because the rest of the island is rather barren and tandus.Akan However, he did not always like this, and still there is evidence that land that was once rich in flora and fauna.
The first time the outside world know of the existence of this Easter Island is that when a Dutch admiral Jakob Roggeveen named the island was discovered by accident on Easter Sunday 1722.Ketika he landed, he found a primitive races living in caves and huts of the primitive Similarly, they also lived by cannibalism.
This makes it very surprising is the large stone-carved images or statues that stand guard around the island itu.Penyelidikan-modern investigation has revealed that there are approximately 1,000 large statue, which has a high between 12 to 25 feet, and weighs ton.Patung to 20 is 65 feet high and weighs 90 tons.
However, when Roggenveen stroll down the beach, many of the statues destroyed by the natives who ganas.Asal-proposal Easter Island race is an issue that diperdebatkan.Seorang visitors who come to the island after Roggeveen was Captain James Cook.Cook have sailors in Hawaii in a ship that can understand the original language of the island Easter.Hal gives the impression that they speak the language of Polynesia, and they are the descendants of Polynesian tribe that has been far from the original.
There is also a well-known theory that they actually came from South America who are supported by the fact that the bulrushes and sweet potatoes are also found on the island itu.Ada similarities between American culture and sample pre-Inca culture of Easter Island, although there may be trusted in the industry early trading between Easter Island, South America and the Polynesian Islands.
Easter Island race probably settled on the island about the middle of the first millennium (AD), and began to build their statues of Easter Island kemudian.Penghuni soon developed a technique to create a human sculpture made of stone from the walls of the crater vulkanik.Dengan use the system logs and ropes, they put the statues on the stage the funeral, called 'AHU', under the body of elders that have been buried.
Believed that the stone was regarded as a talisman, which preserve and protect the tribe from inhabitants of the island of the dead, though some experts say the islanders set up a statue that is just for fun pembuatnya.Para Archaeologists also found a wooden plates called 'boards talk ', which depicts the religious ceremonies of a culture that is very kuno.Ketika first Polynesian migrants landed, the island is a land of abundant ruah.Ada large forests, crops, fruits and exotic animals varied ragam.Penduduknya breed, they build good houses and enjoy life.
But around the year 1500 AD, a new cult called 'Makemake' or 'bird man cult' show.
Perhaps this marks the arrival of new tribes from across the sea, and soon the population density and the wasteful island management caused the failure panen.Suku different tribes fought each other, even-patung.Beberapa sculptures overturns a century later, Easter Island is barren island menjadu , which is inhabited by savage tribes found by the inhabitants of the island is becoming increasingly Roggeveen.Kehidupan buruk.Konflik-ethnic conflict continued until 1862, when the ships arrived, and a thousand men enslaved the native population that is able to work in the mining industry in Peru. The inhabitants of the island quickly attacked by the disease when they lived in a foreign continent, and only a handful who returned to his hometown with the chicken pox disease and leprosy.
Indigenous population dwindled to 111 in the European missionary workers 1877.Para help the natives of Easter Island to survive, but many of the secrets of the faces of the strange stone on the island is gone for good.

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