May 8, 2019
In the ancient tradition of polynesian navigation, double canoes were used, connected by beams and tied with coconut fibers.
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Apr 15, 2019
With ancient songs from the koros and nuas, the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Rapanui people, with floral crowns and deep emotion, the Mayor of Isla de Pascua,
Apr 15, 2019
A unique law in New Zealand gives legal personage to an ancient landscape declared National Park in 1954.
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 This time they were unpublished photographs and drawings from 1936 and from 1963.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
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
Vai a Heva (“water of Heva”) is the name of the monumental sculpture of a face whose open mouth is a natural cavity which collects rainwater