Nga Rongoa Ancestral Medicine on Rapa Nui Within the philosophical world view of the Rapanui, good health is based on the union of man and nature, between life and death, in the present, the past and the future. Any mishap or disease has its origin in supernatural forces and is in
Mokomae the Word Made Flesh Mokomae is the name of an ancestral warrior of the Ure or Mokomae clan which used to live in the area of Poike. It is from the Araki tribe. One of their descendants is the Chilean – Rapanui Luis “Tito” Hormazábal Araki, today a Tohunga
The Society of Friends of Easter Island by Roberto Rojas P. – Antropólogo / Anthropologist The anthropologist and investigator Rolf Foerster, who was a professor of the University of Chile, has dedicated his research and writing to the native communities of La Araucania and the Mapuche peoples, as well as
