Nov 21, 2019
Paulina Llano -Tepano, the daughter of an Easter Islander, was born on Easter Island but was adopted and raised by the Chilean family of her father, Augusto Llano, and his wife, Iris Vercelli.
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Nov 20, 2019
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”).
Nov 18, 2019
The first Contact with Rapa Nui recorded sighting was in 1722 by three ships of the Dutch West Indian Company under the command of Jacob Roggeveen.
Nov 15, 2019
Rapa Nui is an oasis in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and a feeding habitat for marine turtles. The most commonly found species are the Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the Carey, or Hawksbill, turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), both in danger of extinction.
Nov 14, 2019
For 2017, the organizers took inspiration from the traditional Council of Elders Te Mau Hatu o te Rapa Nui which was reflected in the scenery installed at Hanga Vare Vare.
Nov 13, 2019
Patricia Lillo Chinchilla 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.
Nov 12, 2019
Talismans of Rapa Nui Ho’onu o Tortuga or Turtle: In the old days, turtles were very common on Easter Island. La Perousse Bay was originally called Hanga Ho’onu or “Bay of Turtles”. According to the older people, the sandy shore of La Perousse was where the turtles of the Island
Nov 8, 2019
Hena Naku Hena Naku, the god of feathers, loved Te Pito o te Henua, the Navel of the World, the ancient name for Easter Island. The sea birds, which were under his protection, preferred to nest on the rocky cliffs that surround the Island. Hena Naku was covered with feathers
Nov 7, 2019
Teatro a Mil 2017 in Rapa Nui This coming year, the international theater festival “Santiago a Mil” will also include Easter Island. The artistic event, held every year in the month of January, will not only take over the streets, theaters and other public spaces of the capital city, but
Nov 6, 2019
Around three hundred megalithic statues stood upright on ceremonial platforms on Rapa Nui, the vast majority along the island’s nearly 60 km coastline. All of these, sculpted until the 17th century, did not face the sea; instead, they gazed vigilantly toward a village, toward some settlement, channeling the Mana (supernatural
Nov 5, 2019
A Choir for Rapa Nui Last December, the newly-formed Choir of Isla de Pascua offered its first presentations in the parish church and in the Hotel Hanga Roa. They sang some Christmas carols, songs from “The Sound of Music” and “The Wizard of Oz”, two Polynesian songs which had been
Nov 4, 2019
Ubud, Bali 2016 International Conference Early Pacific Migration Scientists from Australia, New Zealand, Russia, USA, Germany, Cook Islands and Rapa Nui, who have for many years been studying the migrations of the Polynesian ancestors across the Pacific Ocean, met between the 6th and the 10th of last November at Villa