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Easter Island (Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua)

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Polynesian motif on wall at Easter Island (Rapa Nui) airport with Birdman cult symbology

Harbour at Hanga Roa, Easter Island

Cemetery at Hanga Roa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Cemetery at Hanga Roa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) with grave headstone of both Christian and moai symbology

Cemetery at Hanga Roa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Birdman Cult headstone in Cemetery at Hanga Roa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

The 5 Vai Uri (Dark Water) Moai, Tahai, Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island)

The 5 Vai Uri (Dark Water) Moai, Tahai

Vai Uri (Dark Water) Moai, Tahai, Easter Island

Burial Mound with Vai Uri Moai, Tahai (Tahat), Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island)

Hare Paenga (boat-shaped house foundations), Tahai, Easter Island with the five Vai Uri moai behind

Ko Te Riku moai, Tahai, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Ahu Tahai (left) & Ahu Ko Te Riku (right) moai, Tahat complex, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Ahu Tahai (right) & Ahu Ko Te Riku (left) moai, Tahat complex, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai with Ahu Tahai moai in the foreground, Tahai complex, Easter Island

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai, Tahai complex, Easter Island

Two of the five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai, Tahai complex, Easter Island

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai, Tahai complex, Easter Island

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai with the Ko Te Riku moai beyond, Tahai complex, Easter Island

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai, Tahai complex, Easter Island

Ko Te Riku moai at sunset, Tahai complex, Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island)

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai at sunset, Tahai complex, Easter Island

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai at sunset, Tahai complex, Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island)

The five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai at sunset, Tahai complex, Easter Island

Three of the five Vai Uri (Dark Water) moai at sunset, Tahai complex, Easter Island

Flowers of the coral tree (Erythrina sp), Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Coastline at Ana Kai Tangata cave, Easter Island

Cave-paintings on the roof of Ana Kai Tangata cave, Easter Island, ceremonial site for the Bird Man cult (Tangata Manu)

Ana Kai Tangata cave, Easter Island, ceremonial site for Bird Man cult and canoe construction

Parque Nacional Visitor Centre at Rano Kau Crater, Easter Island

Orongo Village, Rano Kao, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)