EASTER ISLAND
In the middle of the southeastern Pacific Ocean at the southeastern point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania lies Easter Island. It’s famous for nearly 1,000 extant statues called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people to worship their ancestors. Made of tuff stone they are not resistant to weather. Hundreds remain buried. There are three extinct volcanoes. Each year the birdman cult has a ritual contest dating back to a time when the contest determined which tribe would rule the island.
