Tapati Rapa Nui 2019
For many years, during the first half of February, the Tapati Rapa Nui cultural festival has been held, to commemorate the history of this people and to strengthen the cultural, artistic and sporting legacy of their ancestors. The Rapanui families unite in support of their candidates and competitors, participating actively in the hard collective labor.
Seamounts in the largest Marine Park in the Americas
The seamounts of the region of the Desventuradas Islands were formed several million years ago in an area that is very close to where the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is found today. Due to the slow, but constant, movement of the Nazca Plate, these mountains have traveled toward the east over the last 10 million years and are now 2800 km (1740 miles) distant from Rapa Nui.
The submergence of Hiva – Myth or reality?
In this legend, the original land of the first settlers of Rapa Nui was Marae Renga which was supposedly located within a vast and distant island territory generically called “Hiva” (loosely translated as, “off there in the distance”).
Niso Tuki Tepano
In the past, it was a custom to raise children from another family, for various reasons: not being able to have one’s own children, not being able to raise one’s own child or simply because a family wanted to have more children, as was the case for Niso Tuki: