At the North Cape lighthouse there is a small red beach and many people have left their marks by making an Inukshuk. The beach is scattered with them. The rocks on this beach were ideal for making small ones. Why are people to fascinated with this figure?
"Inukshuk, pronounced in-ook-shook and meaning "in the image of man", are stone monuments. One of their purposes was to communicate direction in the harsh and desolate Arctic. As such, they were a tool for survival and symbolic of the unselfish acts of a nomadic people - the Inuit - who built them as signposts to make the way easier and safer for those who followed. In the past, these sculptures were massive and were a product of cooperation, teaching us that as good as our individual efforts may be, together we can do even greater things." Description from www.weegates.com
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