Rapa Nui Culture
Te Ara o te Ao
The rapanui denominates Ao to a special oar that is used like badge of the control. This trail follows the same route that was used more or less 150 years ago to reach the ceremonial village in Orongo.
Kai Kai y Pata’uta’u
Games with string, forming figures full of fantasy, are a pastime found throughout the world and within almost all cultures.
Umu
The Umu, also known as the ancestral ‘curanto’, is an on-going tradition on Rapa Nui. The communal Umu, organized by different Island families for the various feast days of the Catholic faith
Koro Nui Tupuna
Koro Nui Tupuna, The Great Celebration of the Ancestors
Textiles on Rapa Nui
Currently some pieces of this heritage are part of the collections at the Museo Fonck in Viña del Mar and the Museo de Historia Natural in Santiago.
The birthing cave
Pregnancy and childbirth were considered sacred to the ancient Rapanui.
The submergence of Hiva – Myth or reality?
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”).
MAGAZINE MOEVARUA
