{"id":9972,"date":"2019-08-12T18:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/los-mutoi\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:00:44","slug":"los-mutoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/en\/los-mutoi\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Muto’i"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Los\u00a0Muto’i<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Caring for our heritage<\/em><\/p>\n

Ma\u00b4u Henua is an indigenous community that has nearly 2100 members. One of its major achievements is having created around 300 jobs for its members who guard our heritage and attend to, protect and help the visitors in the many archaeological sites on Rapa Nui.<\/p>\n

Muto’ i, our park rangers<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The largest group of employees of the administration at Ma\u00b4u Henua, with around 100 persons, is the muto\u2019i <\/em>or park rangers. They have the important jobs of controlling the entry tickets, guarding the sites and maintaining the security of the visitors. In addition, they offer important vigilance of Rapanui heritage during the 24 hours of the day and the 365 days of the year. It is the muto\u00b4i<\/em> who attend to and give the greatest service to our visitors. They also help when tourists are in trouble and, in case of accident, are able to offer first aid, while waiting for medical attention to arrive.<\/p>\n

Muto\u2019 i, <\/em>our night watchmen<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

During the night, we count with watchmen on patrol, under the leadership of their foreman Alberto Pacomio-Hotu.\u00a0 The night watchmen sometimes have to deal with tourists, mostly Asians, who tend to ignore the instructions given and attempt to enter the sites at night, leaping over the stone fences, trying to bribe our employees and presenting them with situations of verbal, and sometimes even physical, aggression. The most common site for this type of activity by badly-behaved visitors is Rano Raraku<\/em>. In spite of the instructions and warnings given by the muto\u00b4i<\/em> at the entry, some tourists still make an attempt to touch the moai<\/em> (statues), for which they will be warned and even removed from the site by the personnel.<\/p>\n

There are some sectors with greater risk of accidents and\/or disorientation, such as Roiho<\/em> which has access from both Vai a Mei<\/em> and Ana Te Pahu<\/em>. Our visitors often decide to explore these sites alone, without understanding the importance of having a local guide who can help avoid unfortunate incidents.<\/p>\n

Capataz \/ foreman Alberto Pakomio Hotu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rond\u00edn en \/ in Anakena<\/span><\/p>\n

Muto\u2019 i, <\/em>our equestrian patrol<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

For the most isolated sites, there is an equestrian team of muto\u00b4i<\/em>, which has the\u00a0 important mission of patrolling these sectors to oversee the security of a visitor who may get lost and, at the same time, take care of cleaning the rubbish that might be left behind by tourists. One of the most remote areas for patrol is Hanga Oteo.\u00a0 <\/em>Here, there is no mobile telephone reception, so communication has to be by radio.

The majority of the muto\u00b4i who begin to work for the Community have no previous experience and, in many cases, no knowledge of a foreign language. They are learning on the job, day by day, and making great efforts to improve themselves and offer a better service. Ma\u2019u Henua has to offer permanent programs of professional training to overcome the educational gaps and improve the abilities of all our employees.<\/p>\n

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Recently a new visitors\u2019 site was opened at Vaihu, where there is now a typical ancestral village reconstructed by Ma\u2019u Henua.\u00a0 It is attended by the muto\u2019i Hella Tuki-Hucke and Timoteo Haoa-Avaka.\u00a0 Timoteo recalls his 13 years working for CONAF (Chilean National Forestry Department) planting eucalyptus and cypress trees at Rano Kau<\/em> and comments that, in that time, CONAF did nothing to repair the archaeological sites\u2026 \u201dthis is where I was raised.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s beautiful and we must protect it for the future.\u201dAll the muto\u2019i,<\/em> without exception, express their pleasure in working to care for their heritage and showing their culture to the visitors, but regret that most people arrive at the archaeological sites without guides to accompany them in their walk, since the muto\u2019i <\/em>cannot leave the area of their post.<\/p>\n

Rangi \u2018Ua Icka, muto\u2019i <\/em>at Te Pito Kura<\/em> is astounded by the names that the tourists give to the magnetic rock that can be found there\u2026 \u201chere they arrive asking about the miraculous rock, the stone of power or the healing stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For Laura Tepihe-Icka, muto\u2019i<\/em> at Rano Raraku<\/em>, caring for her cultural heritage is a transcendental task\u2026 \u201cit is our greatest pride to say that only we Rapanui are now working in the Park and that we take care of the Park as if it were our home. The visitors thank us and say that they can feel the energy \u2013 the mana \u2013 that this place transmits with us here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laura Tepihi Icka, Noelia Dur\u00e1n y Alberto Hereveri<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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