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 | Toppled Monument || Menhir Fragments || ''Mvla Se’enu'' || Monument of the Dead
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+| colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Weathered Monument || ''Kejaha'' || The Weight<ref>In Wuhu mythology, the ''Kejaha'' was used to tell the mood of Maka Wuhu. Though many see it as a superstition, it did fairly accurately predict the most recent eruption of Maka Wuhu 213 years ago.</ref>
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+| ''Nehoubvs'',<br>''Hodoki Miwaza'' || "Reclining Buddha",<ref>During Japanese occupation of Wuhu Island, many Buddhists from mainland Japan noted the similarity in shape between the ''Kejaha'' and a [[w:Reclining Buddha|reclining Buddha statue]], and thus, aside from the local Buddhist temple in Wuhu Town, many Buddhists began praying to the Kejaha. The Buddhists called it by the Japanese term for a Reclining Buddha, 涅槃仏(ねはんぶつ, [[w:Hepburn romanisation|Hepburn]]: ''nehonbutsu''), which was loaned into Nawuhu as ''Nehonbvs''.</ref><br>"Sleeping Buddha"
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