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moai

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moai [ˈməʊaɪ]
n pl moai
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) any of the gigantic carved stone figures found on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
[from Rapanui (the Polynesian language of Easter Island), literally: statue, figurine]


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Locals complain that the incomers are competing in the handicrafts trade, carving wooden moai and selling shell necklaces.
and also a vast number of moai that never left the quarry.
They were placed on the heads of carved stone human figures known as moai.
 
 
 
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