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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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