A new hypothesis on the meaning of the Moai of the Island of Passover, the eyes that watch the sky

The famous positioning and direction of moais of the Island of Passover would not have been at random, but according to the new hypothesis raised by Juan Antonio Belmonte, astronomer of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, and Edmundo Edwards, anthropologist of the University of Chile, as much abus as moais, would be placed based on the position of the stars. For the inhabitants of Nui Olive blossom stars and constellations even existed that owned major importance, that the sun.

The Pleiads, for example, indicated the principle of the year in the month of Anakena, when they left to the dawn, and marked in his afternoon completes vision of the station of Hour nui, the best one of the year, when the season of fishing began and rituals were realised in honor of the ancestors, period in which were prohibited the wars between clans.

On the other hand the belt of Orión besides marking also the principle of the year, indicated the beginning of the Paina, the main celebrations of the island, that were celebrated surroundings to the first Full Moon of summer. Podeis to find all the information on the Island of Passover here.

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