still shine like little stars
of which we cant catch hold of
Monday, October 31, 2011
when what we know became what we knew
those fanciful things that we no longer needed
still shine like little stars
of which we cant catch hold of
still shine like little stars
of which we cant catch hold of
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Ephemeron
when used as noun, refers to short-lived creatures.
Mayfly an aquatic insect is called one-day fly in some language due to its short lived span. In its adult form, excluding larval stages, they can only lived for a few minutes to a few days depending on their species.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Easter Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the Pacific ocean. It is a special territory of Chile. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people, and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The world-known name Easter Island was given by the first recorded western explorer, a Dutch, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. The island has various Polynesian names including Rapa Nui, Te pito o te henua ("The ends of the land" since its the most southeastern island in the Polynesian region), Te pito o te kainga a Hau Maka ("The little piece of land of Hau Maka") and Mata-ki-Te-rangi, means "Eyes looking to the sky".
Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. Its closest inhabited neighbour is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 km to the west, with fewer than 100 inhabitants.
The moai were thought to be carved between 1250 and 1500. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the living faces of deified ancestors. The statues were erected gazing inland across their clan lands. The tallest moai is 10 m high and the heaviest 86 tons!
After the 1722 visit, all of the moai were toppled, with the last standing statues reported in 1838, and no upright statues by 1868. Oral histories indicate that this was part of a deadly conflict among the islanders. Most of the moai were toppled forward so their faces were hidden and often in such a way that their necks broke. Today, about 50 moai have been re-erected on their platforms or museums elsewhere.
The world-known name Easter Island was given by the first recorded western explorer, a Dutch, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. The island has various Polynesian names including Rapa Nui, Te pito o te henua ("The ends of the land" since its the most southeastern island in the Polynesian region), Te pito o te kainga a Hau Maka ("The little piece of land of Hau Maka") and Mata-ki-Te-rangi, means "Eyes looking to the sky".
Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. Its closest inhabited neighbour is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 km to the west, with fewer than 100 inhabitants.
The moai were thought to be carved between 1250 and 1500. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the living faces of deified ancestors. The statues were erected gazing inland across their clan lands. The tallest moai is 10 m high and the heaviest 86 tons!
After the 1722 visit, all of the moai were toppled, with the last standing statues reported in 1838, and no upright statues by 1868. Oral histories indicate that this was part of a deadly conflict among the islanders. Most of the moai were toppled forward so their faces were hidden and often in such a way that their necks broke. Today, about 50 moai have been re-erected on their platforms or museums elsewhere.
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