Powerful Hair
Surprisingly, the Moai statue wore hats! Well, technically this headgear called pukao in Rapa Nui was meant to represent hair. Inhabitants tied this representation of hair around the statue head like a ball. Actually, the practice makes sense when considering chieftains let their hair grow long as well. They believed mana, or supernatural powers, could be linked to a person’s hair. Thus, the men used piles of rocks against the statue to push the hat over the Moai’s head.
Powerful Hair
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