A Chilean man was arrested after he destroyed one of the famous statues of Easter island, crashing into her in his truck.
The damage caused the anger of the community Mau Hanoi who looks after the statues (moai) and considers them sacred. About it reports «Interfax».
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Local mayor Pedro Edmunds, PoA urged to improve the protection of around 1000 moai on the Chilean island, including the tightening of the rules of the road.
«The General solution, the local authorities decided not to establish rules of the road for cars on the territory of the Holy places, but our community spoke about the dangers. We knew that could mean a growth in the number of tourists and residents, said Paoa. — They didn’t listen to us, and here is the result».
Community Mau Hanoi shared photos of the destruction, on which the ancient statue turned into wreckage, on his page in Facebook.
In an emotional post written by:
«The community Mau Hanoi we regret what happened this morning in the Gaza Poo PAH: a truck crashed into one of our AHU, severely damaging the song, which included the ruined moai.
We affirm the importance of caring for the heritage that we have in our Park, as statues are not simply archeological values. They are sacred and fundamental elements of living culture in our cosmic vision of the Rapa Nui».
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Easter island limits the number of days during which the tourists can visit the national Park Rapa Nui.
Moai protected UNESCO world heritage site, represent monolithic human figures carved by the people of Rapa Nui on Easter island between 1250 and 1500 years.
Many of the statues mounted on stone platforms, known as «AHU».
National Park Rapa Nui was included by the world monuments Fund (WMF) to your watchlist for 2020, which covered 25 sites under threat of extinction.
WMF said that these monuments are facing «serious threats such as urbanization, political unrest, natural disasters and violent conflicts».
