Aside from maintaining a healthy diet and exercising regularly, Okinawans practice a unique tradition called "Moai" (pronounced Mo-eye). This age-old custom helps people build strong social ...

Take a deep dive to uncover the secret to health and happiness with the age old Japanese tradition of Moai.

Called "Moai" (pronounced as Mo-eye), this is an age-old practice in Okinawa which helps people build deep social connections and provide emotional or financial support to each other when needed ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

Unfortunately, there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the story of this remote land, its people, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate ...

To feed the people, even more land had to be cleared. When the wood was gone and civil war began, the islanders began toppling the moai. By the 19th century none were standing. Easter Island’s ...

Roggeveen stayed on the island for a week, observing the native residents' culture and ... is famous for its enormous stone statues known as moai. The statues, which are carved from volcanic ...