Sentences with phrase «of moai»

Whats unique here are the hundreds of moai, massive stone statues that dot the island.

Later in the afternoon many tours have Anakena Beach as the last stop after a day of visiting all of the moai along the southern / eastern coast.

You'll marvel at the large statues in various stages of completion, enjoy the second - oldest volcano on the island, visit the topknot - quarry where all the pukaos that were placed on top of the moais were made, and much more.

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The country's top executives, with MOAI Minister U Myint Hlaing and other government officials, recognized high - performing farmers and farmer groups, extraordinary farm products, and organizations — the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) included — that have supported the development of the country's agriculture sector.

But over the course of several centuries it was totally destroyed, mainly through an ego - driven competition among neighboring clans to produce more and bigger moais, the giant statues for which the island is so famous.

In May of this year, the Myanmar government is scheduled to launch its new rice sector development strategy, developed by MOAI with technical assistance from IRRI.

Farmers from different regions of Myanmar took part in activities organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI).

The country's top executives, with MOAI Minister U Myint Hlaing and other government officials, recognized high - performing farmers and farmer groups, extraordinary farm products, and organizations — the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) included — that have supported the development of the country's agriculture sector.

Making moai — the haunting statues of Easter Island — involved carving a range of volcanic and sea - made materials, and then moving them into place.

Easter Island or rather Rapa Nui as the islanders themselves tend to call it, is home to some of the strangest and most remarkable monuments to be found Making moai — the haunting statues of Easter Island — involved carving a range of volcanic and sea - made materials, and then moving them into place.

In March, we heard about the Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off one of Easter Island's moai.

I'm partnering with LATAM Airlines to bring you travel stories from Argentina, Brazil, and Chile — including the isle of the mysterious moai statues.

Easter Island's most famous attraction is the moai statues, enormous head - and - torso blocks carved from the stone of the Rano Raraku volcano.

Thick - bodied moai towered over the bed of the Île de Pâques (Easter Island) room.

Thought to have been sculpted by early settlers between AD 700 and AD 1500, some 887 moai dot Easter Island, with the 15 giant heads of Ahu Tongariki the real stars of the show.

The giant moai monoliths of Easter Island have beckoned to travellers for centuries.

Most tours leave Ahu Akahanga and head directly to Rano Raraku where almost all moai were carved out of the volcanic rock.

Takuro Kotaka & Haruka Iharada invited me to give a lecture about political art practices in Thailand and discuss on the future of art in the event «MOAI vol.

Large and awkward, it is painted to resemble stone, recalling the moai statues on Easter Island and perhaps suggesting the psychic stasis of objectification.

Easter Island, famous for its massive monumental statues called moai, is a special territory of Chile.