by Cristián Moreno Pakarati, Historian Rapa Nui soldiers in the War of the Pacific are part of the Island’s oral memory and of a history that still needs to be documented. (sentence added) It was a point of pride for the Rapanui families of the past when one of their
Ngaru’a or Neck Pillow Antiguamente los isleños no buscaban mayores comodidades en sus Hare Paenga (casas bote), en los Hare Mauku (habitaciones de piedra techada con pasto) o en la caverna que eligieron para vivir; para ellos estos espacios eran solamente lugares donde protegerse de la lluvia, abrigarse y dormir
The Rapanui Families Organize The Honui Rapa Nui is the organization in which each Rapanui family name elects its own representative to speak and decide on the future of the Island. (sentence added) 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the government of Chile establishing civil administration on Rapa Nui, after
Magnetism on Rapa Nui sparks the curiosity of many visitors to the island. (sentence added) Among the sites most visited for their supposed magnetism are the large oval rock called Te Pito Kura and a section of the road to Anakena, about half a kilometer from the beach. Illusion or
Bees Rapa Nui Free of Pathogens, a Source of Life and Love Bees were introduced to Easter Island by the Catholic missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the decade of the 1860s, and since then have been pollinating guavas, mangoes, bananas and pasture flowers. In the last 50
Island Entrepreneurs purify the Water In the past, Easter Islanders got their drinking water from the craters of the extinct volcanoes Rano Kau, Rano Raraku and Rano Aroi, as well as from the many subterranean caves that, even to the present day, hold an abundance of fresh water. Rainwater filters
In the past, it was customary to raise children from other families when they couldn’t have their own, couldn’t raise them, or simply wanted more children, as was the case with Niso Tuki: “I didn’t live with my biological parents, Eduardo Tuki Hey and Magdalena Tepano Ika, but with my
