ラパヌイの歴史– tag –

THE GODS 【TANGAROA AND HIS CHILDREN】 Rano Raraku was more of a shrine than just a source of raw materials: in Polynesian cosmogony, this volcano, its crater filled by a lake, is one of the many entrances of the po, the domain of the an...

DAILY LIFE Until the arrival of men, the islands of the Pacific were anything but paradise: no fruits or vegetables grew. The principal work of th islanders consisted, therefore, of looking after the food plants brought from distant land...

RAPA NUI SOCIETY A POWER OF DIVINE ORIGIN AND A STRUCTURED SOCIETY The polynesians' ability to complete perilous journeys and their successful settlement in Rapa Nui shows they had a structured society with a bold and powerful decision-m...

THE POLYNESIANS DISCOVER RAPA NUI The success of maritime advetures depends on the complexity of the society that undertakes them. Hunting peoples sometimes roam hundreds of kilometers in small boats but the conquest of the open sea is o...