Imagine a mysterious island in the middle of nowhere. Look to the left, a statue, to the right, another statue. are at the unexplainable place, Easter Island. In the nonfiction book, “Easter Island - Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past”, by Catherine Arnold, she writes about the significance and history of Easter Island. Easter Island is an island off the west coast of Chile and is still being excavated and discovered. It is significant because it holds large stone statues that tell stories about the history of the tribes that lived there. These mysterious statues are called Moai. Easter Island is a historical landmark that is composed of many artifacts that represent the people who once lived here. To start, the history of Easter …show more content…
These statues were all created for a belief or something important to the people who once lived on this island. Also, these statues are valuable to the ancient groups of people that once lived there. According to the ancient groups who were once living on Easter Island many centuries ago, whoever had the most amount of moai in their possession would have more power. All in all, Easter Island holds many statues called moai, and each one stands for a belief or a person. Furthermore, the Easter Island heads were made for a specific purpose and each one is distinctly different. The Moai of Easter Island each represent a different belief or person, and a few select of them represent gods. For instance, in the article from History.com, the text states, “moai are thought to have represented important figures that were deified after death.” This shows that some people who lived on this island passed away and were later considered …show more content…
The larger the moai, the more power the chief —and the clan—might gain. These pieces of evidence demonstrate that the moai were believed to possess powers and have “supernatural strength”. Some of these statues represent clans, but not specific people. In total, some moai statues were meant to represent gods and people, while others were meant to show stories and beliefs. Lastly, Easter Island represents many things that have great importance to the people who once lived there. Easter Island’s large stone statues not only tell stories, but also represent important events and gods that are symbolic of this island. These symbolic statues hold the aura of gods and power, cultural and religious beliefs, and the link between earth and sky. In the article from FactCite.com, “The moai played an important role in religious ceremonies. The Rapanui may have seen them as a link between the earth and sky. They might have been mediators (middlemen) between the people and the gods. This piece of evidence supports the idea that the moai of Easter Island connects the people to their beliefs and the things that they care
Kathryn book Life in the Pueblo is based on excavations that she did at Lizard Man Village (Kamp, 1997). This was a small pueblo located in Arizona which is believed to be inhabited between 11th and 13th century. These ancient excavations were first carried out by United States Forest Service and were parts of Grinnell College field school (Kamp, 1997). The aim of the book was to describe Lizard Man Village and present excavation processes and analysis. Kamp 1997 offers archaeological interpretation of the site in relation to the past understandings. She bring out successfully three narratives. These narratives include ethnographic data in relationship to traditional accounts from Hopi (a place which is believed to be the first resident of Lizard Man) (Kamp, 1997). He also bring out clearly the issue of archaeology as well as fictional account basing it on both ethnography and archaeology.
Further research although, allows us to understand more in depth the importance and history of the Tai-me Sun Dance doll. According to Kiowa Nation, the Tai-me is the most sacred possession of the tribe. The first Tai-me came from an Arapaho man who married into the tribe in the 1700’s. There once was three Tai-me figures which were, the “woman”, the “man”, and another figure, however Osgaes captured the figures but returned them in 1837 when the treaty was signed. Then the Utes captured two of the figures and they never returned. The Tai-me keeper has many important roles in the Sun Dance such as deciding whether the dance will be held and preparing for the dance. This historical context is important and connects with the chapter because it allows the reader to understand Tai-me’s past and importance to the
This sacred space is enclosed with a corridor of stones leading away which represents a Bora. The Bora was a traditional meeting ground of Aboriginals which in this ritual is another connection to their ancestry and spirituality. Connecting with the land has been a vital part of Aboriginal spirituality despite the catholic prominence. Source 1 also ties in with Christian beliefs as well as Aboriginal spirituality with it’s references to “God the creator” and the recollection of Jesus being the light of the world. A candle is placed to acknowledge the light Jesus brought into the world which shows the deep connection to Jesus and Christmas which celebrates Jesus birth. At the centre of the Murri people’s worship place a coolamon which is an area a baby could be placed is created to symbolism Jesus’s Manger. Through source 1 it is shown that religion and spirituality can go side by side in contemporary society by
The ginormous volcano at Akrotiri on the island of Thera during the Bronze Age was devastating, and is speculated to be related to the fall of the Minoan civilization. Starting in 1867, archeologists discovered pottery, a buried city and frescoes. These discoveries are the most significant as the pottery and the buried city helped historians learn about the art, trade and societal aspects of Akrotiri, and the frescoes found revealed more information about Akrotiri’s art and religion.
In contrast, when tourists visit constantly ask to enter and take pictures, this shows that times have changed, nowadays the visitors respect more the places they are visiting without plundering their memorials. On the other hand, it is a constant reminder to the local people of what they had and what they have lost. Even though the locals charge each visitor with a camera that enters the spirit house, it does not make up for the lost history.
Kukailimoku is one of many different types of ti’i and they all have many different symbols that represent that specific god. There are many different types of these Ti’i figures in Hawaii and all of Polynesia. In Hawaiian culture, the gods, the aina; land, and the kanaka; people, all share a “symbiotic existence.” If the Kanaka took care of the land in a p...
Debate started to arise when an archaeologist by the name of Thomas D. Dillehay found artifacts of people existing 14,600 years ago, before Clovis, in Monte Verde, a site in southern Chile. These people slept in hide tents, had access to seafood and potatoes, and shared similar characteristics to other artifacts found in North Ame...
Each element of the plaque, from its location to its materials to its subject matter to its symbolism, is in the dominion of the Oba. Rather than bend to the Portuguese, he has appropriated them, just as their paper-art was appropriated for the creation of this new and old art form. Their arrival was used to reinforce the myth of Olokun while asserting the Oba's dual-kingship and his own link to a great arrival. And the trade that dominated inter-continental relations remained firmly in the Oba's hands. The plaque served as a testament to his power and as a reminder of it. Nothing about the Portuguese was so alien that it could not be represented and symbolically explained on the walls of the royal palace.
It may be difficult to imagine how the Chinese revolution, the Buddha, and a princess shaped the path of Tibetan Buddhism into the Hawaiian islands, particularly in the island of Kauai. This essay will illustrate how my experience at a Buddhist burial ground in Kauai had its roots in Beijing, Lhasa, and Lumbini. I will argue that the presence of Tibetan Buddhism on the island of Kauai was primarily driven by the Communist revolution in China in 1949 and their reannexation of Tibet in 1959. This paper will show how the Buddhism came to Tibet from India on the Middle Ages and moved to the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. The story of how Tibetan Buddhism got to Hawaii is followed by an analytical description of a Tibetan Buddhist burial mound in Kauai.
In 1785, a Christ Child was said to have appeared. A shepherd boy from the village of Tayankani played with the child, but the child disappeared. The child was believed to have disappeared into a rock that was left with his imprint. This is the story behind the pilgrimage to the rock, but those of our community don’t pay much attention to it. Their purpose in the event is to ‘honor’ their supernatural beings. They pay homage to Rit’i (the snow), Taytakuna (Fathers), and the great Apus (Lord Mountains).
In the story of The Island of “Kora”, the island had been devastated by a violent earthquake that had been triggered by a volcano eruption four years earlier. The island which had prior to the disaster been about twenty square miles in size and been reduced to less than a fourth that size to about four square miles. The island prior to the earthquakes had previously been able to support comfortably 850 to 900 people. It was a peaceful island where the inhabitants got along well. Because of the disasters the lives of the inhabitants had been changed forever.
The votive statues were created by worshipers of the ancient Mesopotamian gods. They were crafted out of materials such as limestone, alabaster, gypsum, and other such materials (Votive Statues). These statues were created around 2900 to 2350 BCE at the Square Temple at Eshnunna. The creators of these statues created them in their own likeness to be held at the Square Temple, a place of worship to their gods. It was the worshipers belief that the gods would bless these statues and in turn, bless the creators (Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, 2004). Worship of the gods was a huge part of the culture of Ancient Mesopotamia, as such these votive statues played a major role in that culture.
Stony sentry’s, carved years ago by Polynesian craftsmen, gaze over one of the most remote places in the world. With their land enlarged by overuse, islanders now draw on a revival of their culture to attract visitors. I intend to tell about this small island off the coast of Chile named Easter Island.
In the book Mary,Bloody Mary, written by Carolyn Meyer, a young Mary tells the reader about her life as royalty or at least her time in royalty. The nine year old Mary explains how her father, King Henry, has just betrothed her to the king of France. She however did not like this and was overwhelmed with anger towards her father, for she did not want to marry the king of France, Mary wanted to chose who she would marry herself,but she knows she can not do this. There was soon a banquet for Mary and the king of France, this were Mary sees Lady Anne for the first time. A few days later Mary is told she will be crowned Princess of wales but after she is told this her father sends her away and her mother can not accompany her.
The people who inhabited this ancient site considered it to be magical because of the Andes Mountains and the Amazon River. The Temple of the Condor was a place of worship where the head of the condor was used as an altar for sacrifices. The Intihuatana is a column of stone that is rising from a block of stone. As winter approached, a priest held a ceremony to prevent the sun from disappearing. Intihuatana means ‘for tying the sun’ and ‘hitching post of the sun.’ Intihuatanas in other Incan civilizations were destroyed by the Spanish. However, the Spanish never found Machu Picchu, th...