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Rapa Nui-English Vocabulary

Atariki: Firstborn, oldest son.
Ariki: kings, based primogeniture.
Moai Kava Kava: characteristic of Rapa Nui. Carved on wood, with protuberant eyes and ribs and shrink stomach.
According to the legend, the Moai are the image of the spirits saw by an Ariki.
Maoi Pa'a Pa'a: wooden made Moai with flat stomach.
Its origin relates to the same Akiri creator of the Kava Kava's vision of a female spirit.

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