Easter Island

C christiki295 Member LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3837	C christiki295 Posted posted on Sun, Jun 12, 2005 4:07 PM On 2005-06-11 15:32, dangergirl299 wrote: When I was explaining the annual Bird Man festival of Easter Island to a friend, in which a bunch of guys would jump off the cliff and swim to a nearby island, and whoever brought back the first egg of spring (uncrushed) was the winner, she asked "Is that where Easter Eggs come from?" It kind of made sense, but then again, not really. To the contrary, after the Moais stopped walking and fell down, it only seems appropriate for the Rapa Nui themselves to have taken up the civic Easter Egg hunt.

On 2005-06-11 15:32, dangergirl299 wrote:
When I was explaining the annual Bird Man festival of Easter Island to a friend, in which a bunch of guys would jump off the cliff and swim to a nearby island, and whoever brought back the first egg of spring (uncrushed) was the winner, she asked "Is that where Easter Eggs come from?"

It kind of made sense, but then again, not really.

To the contrary, after the Moais stopped walking and fell down, it only seems appropriate for the Rapa Nui themselves to have taken up the civic Easter Egg hunt.

Post #165342 by christiki295 on Sun, Jun 12, 2005 4:07 PM