Hanga Piko The Hidden Bay Hanga Piko means “hidden bay”, since it is surrounded by small hills which keep it out of sight, unlike most of the other coves or bays of the Island which are usually on a plain. Given its good access to the sea and its conditions
The tomb of Pito Pito “Pito Pito” was the local nickname given to the Frenchman, Jean Baptiste Ounésime Dutrou-Bornier, a merchant mariner. He first saw Easter Island in 1866 as the captain of the ship “Tampico”, bringing two French missionaries of the order of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Kuini Analola Rescuing ancestral navigation in Rapa Nui Myths and legends tell us of the heroic migration of the Polynesians throughout the length and breadth of today’s Polynesia. However, the knowledge of the traditional methods of navigation has been almost lost following the European colonization. Researchers, such as Heyerdahl and
The Society of Friends of Easter Island by Roberto Rojas P. – Antropólogo / Anthropologist The anthropologist and investigator Rolf Foerster, who was a professor of the University of Chile, has dedicated his research and writing to the native communities of La Araucania and the Mapuche peoples, as well as
Antique Photos of Rapa Nui found in the Museum of Cologne, Germany The researchers Betty Haoa-Rapahango and Tania Basterrica-Brockmann have set up an exhibit in the Tadeo y Lily Gallery taken from the photographic legacy of the Chilean-German Hans Helfritz (1902-1995), who visited Rapa Nui in 1946 as a member
Maika Bananas from Rapa Nui and its cultural uses. by Roberto Rojas Pantoja The banana of the Musa genus is one of the most important plants for the people who live in the tropical and sub-tropical zones of the world. Originating from Southeast Asia, it propagated toward the south and
Sonia Haoa Cardinali Dr.(a) Honoris Causa On January 25, the University of Uppsala in Sweden held a ceremony that has been traditional over centuries: declaration of Doctors Honoris Causa. From this oldest center of higher education in Europe, have come dozens of international personages, including Alfred Nobel, who received his
Rapa Nui – Between 1979 & 1989 The German couple Gottfried and Karin Weller, residents of Australia, made their first visit to Rapa Nui in 1979. Forty years have gone by since then and today they are counting sixteen trips to the Island, through which they have recorded the passage
Matias Riroroko Pakomio Matías Riroroko, 75 years old, son of María Pakomio-Pakomio and raised by Benedicto Riroroko-Tuki as his son, is an entrepreneur who has worked in tourism, gastronomy, construction and other areas, eventually becoming the owner of the Hotel Iorana and other businesses in Chile and other countries. Today
Te ara Terevaka Tupuna i roto i te Moana Nui a Hiva Saving Ancestral Navigation through Photography Te ara Terevaka Tupuna i roto i te Moana Nui a Hiva (the path of the ancestral ships in the great ocean) is the name of the photographic exposition which invited the local
ONG Toki, Heritage and Agro-ecological Farm ONG TOKI: The School of Music and the Arts “Toki”, founded by the Rapanui pianist Mahani Teave, has made a name as the first self-sustaining School of Music in Latin America. Today its doors are open for children and young people who can receive
December 11 of last year was an historical day for Rapa Nui, when the Chilean Museum of Natural History – MNHN returned three Ivi tupuna (bones and biological remains of ancestors) which traveled back to the Island under the vigilance of the Ma’u Henua Indigenous Community, the Commission for Development
