Apr 15, 2019
A unique law in New Zealand gives legal personage to an ancient landscape declared National Park in 1954.
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Apr 13, 2019
This concept of megalithic statues looking at the horizon is contradicted by scientific knowledge and the idea that has always existed within the Rapa Nui people.
Apr 13, 2019
Patricia Lillo, daughter of Eusebio Lillo, thus a descendant of the composer of the Chilean national anthem, and Elba Chinchilla, has lived for more than 50 years on Easter Island, as a result of her older sister Elvira marring Marcelo Pont-Hill, a Rapanui, in Santiago in 1960.
Apr 13, 2019
From where did the coral eyes that we see today on replicas of statues and on the Moai at Ahu Ko Te Riku in Tahai come?
Apr 12, 2019
For the first time, following negotiations between the Teatro a Mil Foundation and the Municipality of Isla de Pascua, the Rapanui people
Apr 12, 2019
the Moai (statue) at Ahu Riata, located at Hanga Piko Cove, was lighted up in pink, making it a highlight in the launch of the International Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2016
Apr 12, 2019
Sometimes documents show up unexpectedly, almost by magic. This time they were unpublished photographs and drawings from 1936 and from 1963.
Apr 12, 2019
A study on the village of this important archaeological complex was recently completed with the aim of making a diagnosis and presenting a plan for preservation.
Apr 12, 2019
In 1876 the people of Rapa Nui were dispersed throughout many of the Polynesian islands with a few more than 100 souls attempting to survive on Easter Island.
Apr 12, 2019
the project “Mi Isla - Mi Patrimonio (My Island – My Heritage)”, which is an attempt to develop artistic and cultural activities in public spaces. The first stage was completed with a mural 20 meters (65 feet) long on a wall at Hanga Roa o Tai Cove.
Apr 12, 2019
The Chilean Minister of Culture, Ernesto Ottone, attended the inauguration of the Tapati Festival 2016. He considers the event to be the most important cultural commemoration of Polynesia and one of the most authentic within Chile.
Apr 12, 2019
The Umu, also known as the ancestral ‘curanto’, is an on-going tradition on Rapa Nui. The communal Umu, organized by different Island families for the various feast days of the Catholic faith