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
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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 This time they were unpublished photographs and drawings from 1936 and from 1963.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
Apr 12, 2019
In Polynesian cultures, the celestial dome had a very high significance. From the interpretation of the stars, they developed cosmological songs which explained the creation of the Universe and the origins of man.
Apr 12, 2019
Koro Nui Tupuna, The Great Celebration of the Ancestors
Apr 12, 2019
ECOBRICKS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE OF RAPA NUI The future office of the new Department of the Environment of the Municipality of Isla de Pascua is to be built totally of the so-called “Ecobricks”, which are made of disposable plastic bottles, filled with paper and plastic bags (70 plastic bags
Apr 12, 2019
Pregnancy and childbirth were considered sacred to the ancient Rapanui.
Apr 10, 2019
The American base installed in the 1960s on Easter Island was part of a spatial espionage project for the Soviets. The journalist Patricia Stambuk clears all doubt with documents declassified by Washington.