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. A special territory of Chile that was
annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental
statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people. It is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within
Rapa Nui National Park. In recent times the island has served as a
warning of the cultural and environmental dangers of exploitation.
Ethnographers and archaeologists also blame diseases carried by European
sailors and Peruvian slave raiding of the 1860s for devastating the
local peoples.
Easter Island is claimed to be the most remote inhabited island in the world.
Makemake (also written
as Make-make or MakeMake; pronounced [ˈmakeˈmake] in Rapa Nui) in the
Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island, was the creator of humanity, the
god of fertility and the chief god of the "Tangata manu" or bird-man
cult (this cult succeeded the island's more famous Moai era).
The Lost Gods Of Easter Island
BBC documentary written and presented by
David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of the
remote Easter islands. It was first transmitted in 2000 and is part of
the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages collection of
seven documentaries.
Easter Island - The Secrets (BBC Documentary)
Easter Island - The Story (BBC Documentary)
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