When I was in Rapa Nui, I was blown away by people who reminded me of my Hawaiian family. And they spoke Spanish! Same as in Tahiti, and they spoke French! And in New Zealand they had British accents. But if we were all together not talking, you wouldn't be able to distinguish who was from where. 😊
On the island of Rapa Nui, the majority are "mestizos" like RapaNui/Chilean, but dance, song and culture are in their blood. 😊 The man who dances is Rapa Nui, on the island there are red-haired people too😁
Festpac is all about cultural exchange. Music, dancing, wood carving, tattooing. Only place you're going to meet folks from Tuvalu, Tokelau, etc. Everyone should go.
OMG, so sorry, I've never ever heard of these beautiful indigenous people, i know Easter Island but i didn't know these people are called Rappa Nui, its so good to have these Pacific nations reunion, we lived in the Palagi (white people) country and learned about their history, and not knowing my own heritage my Pacific nations, thank you so much, God Bless my beautiful Pacific Nations, love y'all 🙏🙏🙏🌺🌺🌺🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜❤
Thanks to this person that replied but still you didn't explained who is Rappa Nui? What's Rappa Nui in English please? You said they stand like warriors, all Pacific nations are warriors, and you said these people were originated from Chile but migrated to Easter Island, and what's Taiwan part in these people, Chile and Taiwan are not Pacific nations sorry, I'm a 💯% full blooded SAMOAN and proud of my roots, thank you.
my samoan friend, the people from Rapa Nui arose from 7 different polynesian expeditions that arrived in the island at different times, most probably from the Marquesas Islands, but also from Mangareva, Rapa, Pinaki, Nukutavake... All Polynesians are Austronesians, which originated in Taiwan (thousands of years before it was populated by the chinese) and migrated across the vast Ocean occupying islands after islands ("Polynesian triangle" goes from Hawaii to Rapa Nui to Aotearoa NZ) Samoa and Tonga, situated more or less in the center of this area were important "redistribution knots" for most ancient expeditions (also for domesticated plants and animals). The vast Pacific Ocean was also peopled by 2 other groups which colonized Micronesia (like Truk, Ponape, Marshall Islands, etc) and Melanesia (New Guinea, New Britain, New Caledonia, Fidji, Salomon Islands, etc). It is also probable that Southamerican Indians visited Polynesia (see the enigma of the sweet potatoe). And YES, Rapa Nui is a part of Chile, so people speak spanish besides rapa nui. About half of the population was born in the continent and the rest are islanders. Between Rapa Nui and the Sala y Gomez islands the chilean government created the unique marine park Motu Motiro Hiva which is administered by the Ministry of the Environment and a Rapa Nui council (Koro Nui o Te Vaika). Iorana, greetings from wild, wet, windy, and wonderful Western Patagonia, Chile
They stand like warriors their costume tell you wea they from it doesn't matter wat he looks like he stand for his ancestors for as long as he have some blood from rapa nui They are from Chile they migrate from there to Easter Island . I was there at FestPac. I wanted to know their history wea they come from but I was more interested in Taiwan their new Austranesian and I still wana know now their indigenous history.
Kiaora whanuk, Rapa nui is the name of the Island and is also the name used for its indigenous people (Similar to Samoa, Tonga, etc) It’s one of the six main islands that creates what we modernly know as a Polynesian triad. The people of Rapa nui lives the furthest point away from the rest of their cousins, but they are most definitely Pacific Islanders. They didn’t migrate from chile but the people of Rapa nui did trade with the indigenous people of South America (where Chile is), from oral history and indigenisation it shows that the people of Rapa nui were more likely to have migrated to Rapanui from Hawai’i. The English name of Rapa nui is Easter Island (but fk English, Rapa Nui sounds better). Also in regards to Taiwan. The indigenous people of Taiwan are considered Pacific Islanders as well. Not only due to linguistics, song, similarities in sacred practices, traditional tattooing styles, and culture, but also due to oral history and oral traditions. Many of our Pacific whanau have gone to visit our indigenous Taiwanese families to not only rekindle relationships, but also to strengthen too. It should also be noted that Taiwan isn’t actually part of China either 👍
