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Rapa Nui has attracted tourists for years with its ancient Polynesian Moai statues and archaeological sites. Tourism, the main industry on the island, is also a source of concern for locals who ...

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Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped ... In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home Mahani ...

Tossup for both teams, what island contains the town of Hanga Roa, is inhabited by the Rapa Nui people, and is a Chilean possession that contains large, stone Moai statues? (bell dinging ...

Easter Island Statues (Moai): The massive stone statues on Easter Island, known as Moai, were created by the Rapa Nui people. However, how these statues were transported and erected remains one of the ...

2,400-year-old earthworks revealed as predating stone moai statues of Rapa Nui and megalithic Nan Madol in Micronesia. Palauan tourism official Lelly Obakerbau shakes her head and motions at the ...