There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... To get a true sense of Rapa Nui and its culture and traditions, visit during February and experience the annual ...

Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen ... recovering and reinventing their ancient art and culture. Carving a small wooden moai in his yard, Andreas Pakarati, who goes by ...

“This is something produced from my culture. It’s Rapanui.” He shakes his head. “How did they do it?” Easter Island covers just 63 square miles. It lies 2,150 miles west of South America ...

that the original inhabitants must have come from a sea-faring culture, adept at building long-voyaging vessels and navigating the open seas. Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam. Easter Island Ahu Tongariki. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam. Easter Island, Rano Kau. Courtesy of Flickr user Arian Zwegers.