E-SANTIAGO, eChile - Isivakashi saseFinland siboshiwe ngemuva kwezinsolo zokweba ucezu lwetshe lentaba-mlilo kwesinye sezithombe ezinkulu zakwaMoai e-Easter Island.
UMarko Kulju, 26, ubhekene nejele kanye nenhlawulo ka-$19,000 uma elahlwa yicala lokuphula ingxenye yendlebe ye-Moai, enye yezithombe eziningi eziqoshwe edwaleni lentaba-mlilo phakathi kweminyaka engu-400 no-1,000 edlule ukuze amele okhokho abashona.
Owesifazane ongowokuzalwa eRapanui utshele iziphathimandla ukuthi uzibonele ngokwebiwa ngeSonto e-Anakena beach futhi wabona uKulju ebaleka endaweni yesigameko ephethe ingxenye yendlebe ephukile. Amaphoyisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi amhlonze ngama-tattoos owesifazane ayibona emzimbeni wakhe.
Ngenkathi amanye ama-Moais engaphezulu kwamafidi angama-70 ubude, iningi lawo lingamafidi angama-20 ubude futhi linesisindo esingamathani angama-metric angama-20. Lezi zithombe zibuka eningizimu yePacific ngaphezu kwamamayela angu-2,300 ukusuka eChile, eyathatha i-Easter Island ngekhulu le-19.
AbakwaMoai baqokiwe, kodwa abakhethwanga, njengomunye wezimanga ezintsha eziyisikhombisa zomhlaba, abaqokwe izakhamuzi ezimaphakathi kunhlolovo yomhlaba wonke yenhlangano engenzi nzuzo eyenziwa ngonyaka odlule.
Cishe abantu abangu-3,800 bahlala esiqhingini esingamakhilomitha-skwele angu-70, iningi labo okungamaRapanui.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- UMarko Kulju, 26, ubhekene nejele kanye nenhlawulo ka-$19,000 uma elahlwa yicala lokuphula ingxenye yendlebe ye-Moai, enye yezithombe eziningi eziqoshwe edwaleni lentaba-mlilo phakathi kweminyaka engu-400 no-1,000 edlule ukuze amele okhokho abashona.
- A native Rapanui woman told authorities she witnessed the theft Sunday at Anakena beach and saw Kulju fleeing from the scene with a piece of the broken earlobe in his hand.
- AbakwaMoai baqokiwe, kodwa abakhethwanga, njengomunye wezimanga ezintsha eziyisikhombisa zomhlaba, abaqokwe izakhamuzi ezimaphakathi kunhlolovo yomhlaba wonke yenhlangano engenzi nzuzo eyenziwa ngonyaka odlule.
