Kutholwe isifanekiso esisha sikaMoai e-Easter Island, isiqhingi esikude sentaba-mlilo esiyindawo ekhethekile yaseChile, ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.

Izithombe eziqoshwe ngamatshe zenziwe yisizwe sasePolynesia somdabu eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-500 edlule. Osanda kutholwa utholwe echibini elomile esiqhingini, ngokusho kwephini likamongameli waseMa'u Henua, uSalvador Atan Hito.Izindaba ze-ABCuqale wabika lokho okutholakele.

I-Ma'u Henua yinhlangano yoMdabu eyengamele indawo yokulondoloza imvelo yesiqhingi. Lokhu kutholakala kuthiwa kubalulekile emphakathini waseRapa Nui.

"Ama-moai abalulekile ngoba amele ngempela umlando wabantu baseRapa Nui," kusho uTerry Hunt, uprofesa wezemivubukulo e-University of Arizona.ABC. “Kwakungokhokho balezi ziqhingi abenziwe onkulunkulu. Ziyisakhiwo sodumo emhlabeni wonke, futhi zimelela ngempela ifa elimangalisayo lemivubukulo yalesi siqhingi.”

Nakuba lesi sithombe esisanda kuvulwa sisincane kunezinye, ukutholakala kwaso kuphawula esokuqala echibini elomile.

Lokhu kwatholakala ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kule ndawo—ichibi elizungeze lo mfanekiso oqoshiwe lase lomile. Uma izimo ezomile ziqhubeka, kungenzeka ukuthi uMoai ongaziwa okwamanje angavela.

“Zifihlwe umhlanga omude omila echibini, futhi ukuhlola ngento ekwazi ukubona ukuthi yini engaphansi komhlaba kungase kusitshele ukuthi empeleni kunenqwaba yama-moai endaweni engaphansi kwechibi,” kusho uHunt. “Lapho kune-moai eyodwa echibini, cishe kuba ngaphezulu.”

Ithimba liphinde lithungatha amathuluzi asetshenziselwa ukuqopha izithombe ze-Moai nemibhalo ehlukahlukene.

Indawo Yamagugu Omhlaba evikelwe yi-UNESCO iyisiqhingi esikude kakhulu emhlabeni. Izithombe ze-Moai, ikakhulukazi, zikhanga kakhulu izivakashi.

Ngonyaka odlule, lesi siqhingi sabona ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo okwalimaza izithombe—isenzakalo esiyinhlekelele esabhubhisa indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-247 kulesi siqhingi.