It is dark, pleasantly nippy and easy to get sucked into the blob of tourists sitting in front of a bunch of famous statues at one of the world’s most remote places. The sun is about to break on Rapa ...

Cada febrero, la isla de Rapa Nui se llena de color, tradición y competencia con la celebración de la Tapati Rapa Nui, el festival cultural más importante de la isla. Durante dos semanas, los clanes ...

Concert pianist Mahani Teave has traveled the world, But Rapa Nui, sometimes known as Easter Island, is her home. "Rapa Nui – that's what we call ourselves here also," she said. "That's our people, ...

Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to bring her music to the world — and music education to Rapa Nui. Jeffrey Brown tells ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are ...

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 ...

In a story that begins with a heartfelt message to their infant son about the unique character of his ancestral home Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island), in their film Eating Up Easter director ...

Marvel at the mysterious moai statues—the island's most famous features—in Rapa Nui National Park. For a coastal setting and plenty of amenities, stay at Nayara Hangaroa, a sprawling resort with three ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that the ancient society that erected the colossal Moai figures on Chile’s Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, collapsed many centuries ago. Now, a new study ...