Rapa Nui Culture

The Ma'u Henua Indigenous Community held, the last July 7th, the commemoration "Haŋ a Rau O Te Ariki. Tu'u Maheke Te Ariki Nui", a cultural activity that evokes the beginning of the Rapa Nui culture through the birth of the first Rapa Nui maohi, Tu'u Maheke. For the fourth consecutive

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In the month of February of 1960, my family and I arrived on the Chilean naval transport AKA “Pinto” to take the position of Governor of Easter Island. During my excursions to get to know the Island, I arrived at the beach of Anakena, which I must recognize, at that

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