Orongo [Cape] - Orongo

Japanese: オロンゴ[岬] - おろんご
Orongo [Cape] - Orongo

...The warrior class, which had gained power during the civil war, began to perform rituals associated with the belief in the birdman, a bird-headed creature with a human body who was believed to be the incarnation of the island's supreme god, Makemake, instead of the worship of the Moai, the ancestor statues of the aristocracy. At Cape Orongo, the center of the birdman rituals, remains include rock carvings of birdmen and ceremonial houses. Pictographical characters called Rongorongo were created by carving spells associated with the birdman rituals on woodblocks, but these characters remain undeciphered. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Orongo [Cape]" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…内戦期に実力をもつようになった戦士の階級は,貴族階級の祖先像であるモアイの崇拝にかえて,鳥の頭と人間の胴体をもち,島の最高神であるマケマケ神の化身であるとされる鳥人の信仰にともなう儀礼を行うようになった。鳥人儀礼の中心地オロンゴ岬には,鳥人を岩に刻線で彫刻したもの,儀礼用家屋などの遺跡が残されている。鳥人儀礼にともなう呪文を木版に刻んだ絵文字ロンゴロンゴが製作されたが,この文字は未解読である。…

※「オロンゴ[岬]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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