Easter Island, Ahu Tongariki, Polynesia
It's amazing to think that an ancient civilisation built these totems and hoisted them into this upright position. A group of anthropologists and other people from Japan tried to manually lift these and it took them a few months before they gave up and just used a crane instead. We are such a technologically advanced society with a lot of tools and implements and yet we still couldn't do it. How the heck did ancient tribes build things like this and Machu Piccu? Mind-boggling. Just a fragment of the super interesting things I have been learning in Society and Culture, I'm so happy I chose this course, it is so bloody interesting. I literally learn something new every lesson (maybe I'm just stupid). But to learn about ancient tribes and even current tribes and their current practises is awesome. In some tribe (forgot their name) when the girl has her periods, she is forced to wear this thick ass potato sack over her whole body and stand in the middle of the bush with whoever else has their periods until they are finished. No food or water! I don't know how they do it...
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