The Rapanui or Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa") are the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean (the island itself is also called Rapa Nui). Today, Rapanui people make up 60% of Easter Island's population. They speak the Rapa Nui language. At the 2002 census there were a total of 4,647 Rapanui. 2,269 of them still live on Easter Island, the other 2,378 live in the mainland of Chile. 50% Of the 2,378 Rapanui who live in the mainland of Chile, live in the metropolitan area of Chile's capital of Santiago de Chile. Polynesians settled the vast Polynesian triangle by 700AD Polynesian culture refers to the aboriginal culture of the Polynesian-speaking peoples of Polynesia and the Polynesian outliers. ... motto: ( Rapa Nui ) Also called Te Pito O Te Henua (Ombligo del mundo) (Navel of the world) Discovered by Europeans April 5, 1722 by Jakob Roggeveen Capital Hanga Roa Area - City Proper 163,6 km² Population - City (2005) - Density (city proper) 3. ... The Rapa Nui language (also Rapanui) is the Eastern Polynesian language of Easter Island, forming its own subgroup of that classification. ...
Rapanui traditions metaphorically refer to spiritual power (mana) as the means by which the moai were "walked" from the quarry.
In the cult of the birdman (Rapanui: tangata manu), a competition was established in which every year a representative of each clan, chosen by the leaders, would dive into the sea and swim across to Motu Nui, a nearby islet, to search for the season's first egg laid by a manutara (sooty tern).
Until the 1960s, the surviving Rapanui descendants were forced to live in a confined settlement in squalid conditions at the outskirts of Hanga Roa beacause the island was rented to a foreign Sheep Company.
Rapanui was raised in a typical Native settlement, and developed a strong attachment to her people and her world.
Over the years, Rapanui used her savings to pay for a number of useful biomods; this wasn't as difficult as it sounds since like most Natives her lifestyle was very inexpensive.
Rapanui, with her collection of new enhancements designed to make her a better front-line officer, was bored out of her skull.
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