Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Part 1. Chili.

Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
The name “Easter Island” was given by the island’s first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (5 April) 1722. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (18th century Dutch for “Easter Island”).
The current Polynesian name of the island, Rapa Nui “Big Rapa”, was coined after the slave raids of the early 1860s, and refers to the island’s topographic resemblance to the island of Rapa in the Bass Islands of the Austral Islands group. However Thor Heyerdahl argued that Rapa was the original name of Easter Island, and that Rapa Iti was named by refugees from there.
In this presention, part 1, you ‘ll see arrival on and departure from the island. Between these you visit with us the Orongo Visitor Reception Center, learn about the history, culture, housing in Orongo and the Birdman ceremony.Further you visit with us a cave with old paintings, a beatiful crater and the site Vinapu with especially fallen down moais and a “Inca” -wall, though these is older than the Inca-culture in Peru. At the end you visit Hanga Roa, the city, capital of the island and a cultural dance performance Kari Kari.

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