by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 13, 2019 | News
Last December, the newly-formed Choir of Isla de Pascua offered its first presentations in the parish church and in the Hotel Hanga Roa. They sang some Christmas carols, songs from “The Sound of Music” and “The Wizard of Oz”, two Polynesian songs which had been...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 12, 2019 | Rapa Nui Culture
Games with string, forming figures full of fantasy, are a pastime found throughout the world and within almost all cultures. Exactly where they began is unknown, but there is general agreement that they originated in the far east of Africa, Egypt, India or China....
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 12, 2019 | History
Rapa Nui 1878-1888:10 years under a Tahitian Ruler by Cristián Moreno Pakarati / Historian In 1876 the people of Rapa Nui were dispersed throughout many of the Polynesian islands with a few more than 100 souls attempting to survive on Easter Island. On Mangareva, a...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 12, 2019 | Rapa Nui Culture
Umu – The rescue of a tradition 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, are well known, while the...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 12, 2019 | Astronomy
The Tupas -Astronomical Observatories In Polynesian cultures, the celestial dome had a very high significance. From the interpretation of the stars, they developed cosmological songs which explained the creation of the Universe and the origins of man. The knowledge...
