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La neige couvre tout de son fin manteau blanc, et le décor a pris un tour étincelant. L’absence de soleil n’est pas pour autant morne. L’air est épais, les flocons dansant sur lui comme des ballerines de faïence, donnant à l’atmosphère un visage encensant.
Le silence sied à une telle ambiance.
(Extrait d'une poésie de Kieran Wall, 2012)
Some of the moai found around the island have these large, red pieces on their heads. Despite what they look like, these aren’t hats, but are rather the hair styles (top knots) of those particular people represented by the statues.
Called ‘pukaos’, these large rocks were carved at the Puna Pau quarry out of red scoria, and are different to the rest of the stone you can find around the island.
A trip to Puna Pau allowed me to look into the quarry, as well as saw a number of pukao that never made it to their final destination.
Pukao, the headdresses of the moai.
The pukao were large cylinders made of volcanic red slag that adorned the heads of the Easter Island statues.
The pukao is an ornament, made with red scum from the Puna Pau crater, which was placed on the head of the statues of the most important ceremonial platforms on Easter Island.
Several archaeological studies indicate that the manufacture of the pukao occurred in times after the elaboration of the great statues, some even suggest that the extraction works in Puna Pau began when the quarries of Rano Raraku had already been abandoned.
In comparison with the almost 1,000 statues recorded, only about 100 pukao have been located, 70 of them demolished in the vicinity of the ahu and another 30 that still lie in the Puna Pau quarry. It is possible that there are more pieces buried in the paths or incorporated as recycled construction material into the ceremonial platforms themselves, making it difficult to define the total number of pukao that were carved.
This mismatch between the number of pukao and statues is explained because the pukao were added only to the moai that stood on certain selected ceremonial altars. In fact, these places already stood out from the rest for a very elaborate architecture, such as can still be seen in the Ahu Nau Nau on Anakena beach, the Ahu Hanga Te'e in Vaihu, the Ahu Akahanga or the impressive Ahu Tongariki .
With their incorporation into these ceremonial centers, the pukao further enhanced the images of the ancestors, as they gained height and were more imposing. This increase in monumentality is consistent with the hypothesis that the development of the pukao would be associated with the growing competition between tribal groups, who manifested their rivalry, making bigger and bigger moai on more elaborate altars.
A final set of Infra Red shots today. As I mentioned previously shooting into the light with IR really seems to bring out all the highlights. That backlit effect on the trees, but especially the clouds is really pronounced.
The more recent moai had pukao on their heads, which represent the topknot of the chieftains. According to local tradition, the mana was preserved in the hair. The pukao were carved out of red scoria, a very light rock from a quarry at Puna Pau.
Red itself is considered a sacred color in Polynesia.
The added pukao suggest a further status to the moai.
Psalm 119:105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
A pedestrian walks among triangular shadows cast inside an elevated bridge crossing. Called "Torque", the bridge was designed by artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins and New York-based architect James Khamsi of FIRM a.d. and connects the Delta Hotel to the existing PATH system.
Beneath the glow of Vesak light,
A path unfolds in soft twilight.
Through whispers of the morning breeze,
A lonely tree stands ’midst the seas.
Its branches stretch, both bare and wide,
A mirror to the soul inside.
Silent witness, strong yet free,
A guide to what we’re meant to be.
The path may twist, the road may wind,
Through shadows dark, through trials unkind.
Yet here it waits, so still, so true,
To show the way to what is you.
For every leaf, a dream untold,
For every root, a truth to hold.
Let’s walk the path, let hearts agree,
Our destinies bloom at the lonely tree.
Milky Way. Taken early this morning near Ventry, Co Kerry. It's rare to see skies so dark in Ireland.
The bright 'star' on the left is Jupiter.
"Dem Individuum, sofern es sein Glück will, soll man keine Vorschriften über den Weg zum Glück geben".
#Nietzsche
a way, a path to bath. an invitation to cooldown or to enjoy the sounds of waterfall in an unique place ... Krka park
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