Recent genetic research has challenged long-standing theories about the collapse of the Rapa Nui civilization on Easter Island, refuting the "ecocide" narrative and confirming pre-European contact ...

"the underpinning of Rapanui culture. Literally, it was, according to Van Tilburg, "fuel for moai building." From at least AD 1000 to 1680, Rapa Nui's population increased significantly.

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

On your second day, immerse yourself in the living culture of Rapa Nui. Take a guided trek or horseback ride to the Vai a Mei ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and ...

The film, which is in competition for the Best Short Documentary Award, explores the cultural identity and close connection to the land and water shared by the Rapa Nui People. The festival will ...

And if we don't take hold of our culture, it will be lost," says Lynn Rapu, a practitioner and promoter of the arts and traditions of the Rapa Nui People, also featured in the film. "A product of ...

The festival will be held both online and in person at the Te Fare Tauhiti Nui - Maison de la Culture in Tahiti. "Te Pito o Te Henua" follows the Rapa Nui Indigenous community on Rapa Nui Island ...