Minamisanriku, Tsunami-Hit Town In Japan, Gets Easter Island Statue As Symbol For Recovery

Easter Island Statue Erected In Japanese Town As Symbol For Tsunami Recovery
Japanese high school students and carvers from Chile pose before a new 'Moai' statue (back C), modelled on the mysterious carvings at Easter Island, as it was set at the tsunami-devastated town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on May 25, 2013. The giant present, a three-meter tall stone statue, crossed the ocean from Chile as the town's original was destroyed in the March 11 quake-sparked tsunami disaster in 2011. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
Japanese high school students and carvers from Chile pose before a new 'Moai' statue (back C), modelled on the mysterious carvings at Easter Island, as it was set at the tsunami-devastated town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on May 25, 2013. The giant present, a three-meter tall stone statue, crossed the ocean from Chile as the town's original was destroyed in the March 11 quake-sparked tsunami disaster in 2011. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)

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