moais
The islet Motu Kao Kao , or islet Kao Kao , is the smallest of the three islands that make up the uninhabited western instead of Chile , located to the south of Easter Island . Its coordinates are: 27 ° 11'44.22 "S - 109 ° 26'59.19" W. The three islands are seabirds; Motu Nui was also an essential place for the Tangata Manu or male bird ( bird man ), who was the worship of the religion of the island in the period between the time of the moais and Christianity (the island converted to Roman Catholicism in the early 1860s ). The archipelago forms the summit of a large volcanic mountain which rises to over 2000 m from the seabed. The area in hectares of each is:..Motu Nui: 3.9.Motu Iti 1.6.Motu Kao Kao: 0.1
The ritual was a competition to collect the first egg manutara , ie the pascuense tern or apizarrado tern . This took place after what happened on the islet Motu Nui, where "Hopu manu" (representatives from each clan) waited for some manutara put their first egg of the season; the "Hopu manu" to take the first egg apresuraraba to swim back to Easter Island; Upon arrival, after climbing the cliffs of Orongo , we presented the egg to his sponsor, in front of the judges of Orongo . This gave the title sponsor of Tangata Manu and great power on the island for a year. Many "hopu manu" killed by sharks or falls. The winning clan had certain rights including the collection of eggs and chicks of the islets.