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Tag: Rano Raraku

April 18, 2013April 18, 2013 Nicci Easter Island, Travel

Unfinished work, the quarry, Easter Island 2012

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February 3, 2013February 3, 2013 Nicci Easter Island, Travel

A new longing, Rano Raraku, the quarry, Easter Island.

Long after the original statues and the population decimation caused by slavery and disease, a Rapanui artist came to the quarry and carved this sculpture.

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He used different stone than the original carvers, lava. Notice the skyward gaze…

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and the magnificent, ancient Ahu Tongariki on the shore in the background, all statues gazing inward.

January 21, 2013January 20, 2013 Nicci Easter Island, Travel

Progress snuffs art? Rano Raraku, the quarry, Easter Island

Why did they stop?

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Stone fetuses – abandoned, bewildered, eternal.

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The ships carrying Europeans arrived. Excitement at the new? The artist carved a picture of the ship on the belly of his creation.

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Then carving and moving stopped.

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