By Consuelo Martínez On the same day of the funeral, arrived a young priest, whom Rosa had met during her years as a devoted traveler. He flew in just to officiate the Mass and left the next day. “The Mass didn’t feel like Mass, it felt like a stand-up comedy”,
Portrait of a Nomadic Woman text: Consuelo Martínez My great-grandmother, Elizabeth Rangitaki, was brought from Tahiti: the Church paid thirty gold coins to marry her to my great-grandfather, Nicolás Ure Potahe, a Rapa Nui man who had been taken away as a child and trained as a deacon in Papeete.
Testimony from the Past — by Consuelo Martinez Educator, musician, and guardian of the ancestral language In Rapa Nui, everyone knows him as Oso. “When I was a child, on a trip to the mainland, they brought me a teddy bear that was bigger than me. That didn’t exist on
Testimony From The Past – by Javiera Alarcón Ossa Irma Inés Riroroko Paoa, better known by her middle name Ines, was born on August 20th, 1961 in Rapa Nui. Her parents, Roberto Riroroko Teao and Magdalena Paoa Avaka, were fundamental figures in her life. Roberto worked as a sheepherder from
Testimony from the Past by Josefina Arriagada Ana María Arredondo’s history on Rapa Nui spans almost five decades — a period marked by her deep love for the island, its people, and its culture. Her life is a weaving together of the personal and professional, her commitment to the community,
Testimony of Life Francisco Haoa was born on May 28th, 1960 in Rapa Nui. He is the son of Timoteo Haoa and Liria Pakomio. “Timoteo is the son of Antonio Haoa Koropa and Parapina Araki Bornier. My mother Liria, is the daughter of Nicholas Pakomio Angata and Maria Aifiti Tekena
by Javiera Alarcón María Irma Paoa Tuki, affectionately known as “Irma”, was born on November 3rd 1963 in Hanga Roa. She is the daughter of Sergio Enrique Paoa Pate and Flora Tuki Pakarati. Irma is one of seven children of the Paoa Tuki family, who lived in the Tu’u Koihu
Manuel Tuki At almost one hundred years of age, the sculptor Manuel A. Tuki is a shining example for the young people of today. He lives on his farm and, since he retired, he hasn’t stopped carving in stone and wood. Major works with his signature are to be found
María Angata ……… y la Rebelión de & the Rebellion of 1914 Maria Angata Veri Tahi, daughter of Hare Kohou (of the Miru tribe) and Veri Tahi a Kau (of the Haumoana tribe) was born in 1854. During her childhood, when she was barely 8 years old, she witnessed the
In the past, it was customary to raise children from other families when they couldn’t have their own, couldn’t raise them, or simply wanted more children, as was the case with Niso Tuki: “I didn’t live with my biological parents, Eduardo Tuki Hey and Magdalena Tepano Ika, but with my
