SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
EASTER ISLAND

File number:- chcb0057

© South American Pictures/ Sue Mann

Easter Island, Chile. Petroglyphs at Orongo relate to the "cult of the birdman" (Tangata manu) and a ceremony practised for centuries up until 1878.The ceremony involved a competition to find the first egg of the migrant Sooty Tern on the islet of Motu Nui.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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