Rapa Nui people

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Polynesian people ethnic group indigenous people

The Rapa Nui people are the indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island, renowned for their unique culture and the creation of the island’s monumental moai statues.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Rapa Nui culture 5
Rapa Nui community 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
annexationYear 1888 ⓘ
annexedBy Chile ⓘ
citizenship Chile ⓘ
colonizedBy Chile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
created ahu (ceremonial platforms) ⓘ
moai ⓘ
cultureArea Polynesia ⓘ
demographicTrend population decline after European contact ⓘ
population recovery in 20th century ⓘ
diaspora Chile ⓘ
surface form: mainland Chile
ethnonym Easter Island ⓘ
surface form: Rapa Nui
knownFor megalithic stone sculpture ⓘ
Ahu Tongariki ⓘ
surface form: moai statues

unique Polynesian culture ⓘ
language Rapa Nui language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
mainSettlement Hanga Roa ⓘ
nativeTo Easter Island ⓘ
Easter Island ⓘ
surface form: Rapa Nui (island)
populationRegion Easter Island ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Chile ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mangarevan language group ⓘ
surface form: Mangarevans

Polynesians ⓘ
surface form: Marquesans

Polynesians ⓘ
surface form: Tahitians

other Eastern Polynesians ⓘ
religionCurrent Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religionTraditional traditional Polynesian religion ⓘ
struggleFor cultural autonomy ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
traditionalArt barkcloth making ⓘ
stone carving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalCrops banana ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
sweet potato ⓘ
taro ⓘ
traditionalDance haka pei (ceremonial sliding ritual) ⓘ
sau-sau ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligionCult tangata manu (birdman cult) ⓘ
traditionalReligionDeity Makemake ⓘ
traditionalSport haka pei (ceremonial sliding ritual) ⓘ
surface form: haka pei
UNESCOWorldHeritageAssociatedWith Rapa Nui National Park ⓘ
writingSystem rongorongo ⓘ
surface form: rongorongo (disputed script)

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marquesic languages → areSpokenBy → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Ahu Tongariki → associatedCulture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Eugène Eyraud → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Orongo → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture
Rano Raraku → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture
Rano Kau → associatedWithCulture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture
subject surface form: Tapati Rapa Nui festival
ahu (ceremonial platforms) → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture
Easter Island Commune → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Hanga Roa → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Rapa Nui language → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
rongorongo → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
subject surface form: Rongorongo
Isla de Pascua province → ethnicGroups → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province
subject surface form: haka pei
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture
Easter Island → hasEthnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Polynesians → hasSubgroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui community
subject surface form: haka pei
ahu (ceremonial platforms) → usedBy → Rapa Nui people ⓘ