Rapa Nui people - Wikipedia
网页The Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]) are the indigenous Polynesian peoples of Easter Island. The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of Easter Island make up about 60% of the current Easter Island population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland ...
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网页In a census carried out by the Chilean corvette Abtao in 1892, there were only 101 Rapa Nui alive, of which only 12 were adult men. The Rapa Nui ethnic group, along with their culture, was at its closest point to extinction.
Rapa Nui Traditional Clothing | Imagine Easter Island - Imagina Rapa Nui
网页Traditional rapa nui clothing has evolved throughout history and has incorporated designs and customs from other Polynesian cultures.
Easter Island ‑ Statues, Mystery & Facts - HISTORY
网页2009年11月9日 · Tradition holds that the first king of Rapa Nui was Hoto-Matua, a ruler from a Polynesian subgroup (possibly from the Marquesas Islands) whose ship traveled thousands of miles before landing at...
Everything to know about Easter Island's iconic statues
网页2022年10月19日 · The Rapa Nui people carved the moai directly from volcanic tuff, a porous stone made of solidified ash, in Rano Raraku, an extinct volcano. The moai carvers were considered master craftsmen and...
RAPA NUI CULTURE | Imagina Easter Island - Imagina Rapa Nui
网页The Tapati Rapa Nui festival, which literally means “Rapa Nui week”, is the most important cultural festival in Easter Island, and it is celebrated every year during the first two weeks of February.
Easter Island - Rapa Nui, Moai, Polynesian | Britannica
网页2024年9月19日 · Easter Island - Rapa Nui, Moai, Polynesian: The island’s population represents the easternmost settlement of a basically Polynesian subgroup that probably derived from the Marquesas group. The original Rapa Nui vocabulary has been lost except for some mixed Polynesian and non-Polynesian …
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Moai - Smarthistory
网页The moai of Rapa Nui. Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. The moai were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around 1000 C.E. until the second half of the seventeenth century.
Rapa Nui people - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
网页Of all Rapa Nui wood sculptures, the naturalistic male figures known as moai tangata, with their enlarged heads, frontal stance, and prominent stomachs, bear the closest formal resemblance to the island's well-known stone figures.
Traditional Clothing - Rapa Nui Travel Guide
网页According to these documents the Rapa Nui people wore mainly Takona (body paint) and a Hami, which is essentially a loincloth, tied with a string made of natural fibre or hair. This was worn by both men and women, though some women also wore a skirt over the top.