Los Muto’i Caring for our heritage Ma´u Henua is an indigenous community that has nearly 2100 members. One of its major achievements is having created around 300 jobs for its members who guard our heritage and attend to, protect and help the visitors in the many archaeological sites on Rapa
Ma’u Henua Informs Government pressure to modify the Contract of Concession of the Park. November 23, 2017 will be remembered as an historic day for the Rapanui people. The nation of Chile, through the government of the then-President Michelle Bachelet, signed Decree 119 of the Ministry of National Properties, turning
Collective Show My Moai Mana Gallery Rapa Nui presents the Collective Show “Mi Moai” of scaled replicas of the ancestral megalithic Rapanui statues and of ritual objects carved in wood. Eighteen sculptors, between masters and apprentices, have brought to life more than 30 Moai (statues), expressing their soul through technical
Ma’u Henua informs Visitor Statistics for the Rapa Nui National Park in 2017 / 2018. The number of visitors to the National Park is measured by the number of entry tickets sold. This measurement covers the period from January of 2017 through December of 2018. The most important information that
Declaration of Perpetual Memory Agreat debate has opened up on the absence of History as a subject within the required curriculum for the new program of studies for the 3rd and 4th secondary levels, as recently announced by the Chilean National Council for Education. It is understood that Memory and
Hanga Piko The Hidden Bay Hanga Piko means “hidden bay”, since it is surrounded by small hills which keep it out of sight, unlike most of the other coves or bays of the Island which are usually on a plain. Given its good access to the sea and its conditions
Kape – Café – Coffee Agricultural experiments at Vaitea Farm At the beginning of 2018, the Department of Natural Resources of the Ma’u Henua Community has been developing experimental plantings of plants that are endemic or have been introduced over time. The goal is to generate a bank of species
Agreement between the Ibero-American Institute of Berlin and the Ma’u Henua Indigenous Community for the Preservation of Archival Registries of Rapa Nui In March, the Ma’u Henua Indigenous Community signed an agreement with the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) in Berlin (Germany), which will allow the German institution to digitalize documents which
Kuini Analola Rescuing ancestral navigation in Rapa Nui Myths and legends tell us of the heroic migration of the Polynesians throughout the length and breadth of today’s Polynesia. However, the knowledge of the traditional methods of navigation has been almost lost following the European colonization. Researchers, such as Heyerdahl and
Te ara Terevaka Tupuna i roto i te Moana Nui a Hiva Saving Ancestral Navigation through Photography Te ara Terevaka Tupuna i roto i te Moana Nui a Hiva (the path of the ancestral ships in the great ocean) is the name of the photographic exposition which invited the local
A Moai for La Serena Since the beginning of January, four Rapanui sculptors have been carving a moai (statue) for the city of La Serena. This is a work in limestone, more than 3 meters (almost 10 feet) high, sculpted by Pepe Tuki, Pau Hereveri, Jonny Tucki and Tony Hucke.
ONG Toki, Heritage and Agro-ecological Farm ONG TOKI: The School of Music and the Arts “Toki”, founded by the Rapanui pianist Mahani Teave, has made a name as the first self-sustaining School of Music in Latin America. Today its doors are open for children and young people who can receive
