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Encore: The Rapa Nui: The Actual Name of Easter Island and its People

Encore: The Rapa Nui: The Actual Name of Easter Island and its People

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 You’ve likely heard of “Easter Island” and the giant stone statues that famously reside there, confounding people who can’t understand how people could have made and moved them so long in the past. But did you know that the island and the people that live here are actually called Rapa Nui? Or that the artistry and engineering of those statues are a key reason that the people there were able to survive on such a remote island with limited resources? Filmmaker and member of the Rapa Nui community Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Professor Carl Lipo share the history and culture of the Rapa Nui and how the people living there today – or in the far flung diaspora – still rely on the lessons of their ancestors today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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