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A reimiro is a crescent-shaped pectoral ornament once worn by the people of Easter Island. The name comes from the Rapanui rei (' stern ' or ' prow ') and miro ('boat'). Thus the crescent represents a Polynesian canoe. Each side of the reimiro ended in a human face. The outer, display side had two small pierced bumps through which a cord was ...
The statue was a gift from the people of Nii-jima (an island 163 kilometres (101 mi) from Tokyo but administratively part of the city) inspired by Easter Island moai. The name of the statue was derived by combining "moai" and the dialectal Japanese word moyai ( 催合い ) 'helping each other' .
Pascuense cuisine, otherwise known as Easter Island cuisine or Rapa Nui cuisine incorporates the influences of the indigenous Rapa Nui people and Latin America. Notable ingredients include seafood such as fish, octopus (heke), eel, sea snails (pipi) and crustaceans (), as well as sweet potato, taro, banana, pineapple, coconut, pumpkin, and poultry, pork and lamb meat.
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Ham, we hate to break it to you, but you’re not the only star of the Easter Sunday spread anymore. Don’t worry, you’ll still get your 15 minutes of fame at family brunch—but with ...
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1995 (19th Session) Area. 71.3 km 2 (27.5 sq mi) Easter Island (Spanish: Isla de Pascua [ˈisla ðe ˈpaskwa]; Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.
A mo‘ai kavakava is a small wooden figure of a style originated by the Rapa Nui culture of Easter Island . Each figure resembles a standing, slightly stooped, male human with an emaciated body. The name mo‘ai kavakava is formed from mo‘ai for the monumental monolithic human figures found on Easter Island and the word kavakava meaning ribs.