The name of the 4th month of the Rapa Nui year, Tagaroa uri, makes me think about a black whale and the possibility that GD26 shows Tagaroa uri. And that would mean 'Oto pa' (October), i.e. spring (equivalent to April). In the northern countries October means that darkness has arrived, but on Rapa Nui the opposite is true - that light has arrived. The names of the months, therefore, probably are due to influences from regions north of the equator. Given the names, the signs do not seem strange. The double month concept probably is used in this text. This gives us 8 months, or 2/3 of the year, equivalent to 'summer' on Rapa Nui, i.e. the 'real year'. The remaining 4 months, Maro+Anakena (June + July) and Hora iti+Hora nui (August + September), covers 'winter'. Hora = ancient name of summer. The word toga-hora ('winter-summer') is now understandable. We must use double focus: Ancient names refer to north of Cancer, reality on Rapa Nui refer to south of Capricorn. |
