2. At the equinoxes light and darkness weigh even. Therefore a double rule is in effect at these cardinal points. In our minds we should reflect on both. A paradox of Hui Shih (ca 3rd century B.C.) says:

"The sun at noon is the sun declining; the creature born is the creature dying." (Needham II)

Churchill has pointed out that kavakava (rib) is related to vakavaka:

"P Mgv.: vakavaka, the breast. Mq.: vakavaka, vaávaá, rib. Ma.: wakawaka, parallel ridges. We shall need all the available material in order to determine the germ sense of this word. Sa.: va'ava'a, the breast-bone of a bird; fa'ava'a, the frame as of a slate. To.: vakavaka, the side. Fu.: vakavaka, the side below the armpit. Ha.: hoowaa, to make furrows.

In all these we may see the idea of ridge or depression, or of both, as primal (Rapanui, Samoa, Marquesas, Maori, Hawaii), and as secondary the part of the body where such appearance is common (Mangareva, Tonga, Futuna)."

The front is (in) the light, the back is (in) the shadow. Equinox, then, must be (in) the side of the body.

On Easter Island a myth about moai kavakava was told which may contain important clues.