Rapa Nui people

E10106

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rapa Nui people canonical	35
Rapa Nui culture	12
Rapa Nui community	2

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 (49)

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

Easter Island → hasEthnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Ahu Tongariki → associatedCulture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Rano Raraku → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

rongorongo → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Rongorongo

Rano Kau → associatedWithCulture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Hanga Roa → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Rapa Nui language → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Marquesic languages → areSpokenBy → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Polynesians → hasSubgroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

ahu (ceremonial platforms) → usedBy → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

ahu (ceremonial platforms) → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

haka pei (ceremonial sliding ritual) → practicedBy → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: haka pei

haka pei (ceremonial sliding ritual) → hasCulturalContext → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: haka pei

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Rapa Nui National Park → mainEthnicAssociation → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Orongo ceremonial village → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Orongo ceremonial village → managedInCollaborationWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui community

Easter Island Commune → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Eugène Eyraud → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Isla de Pascua province → associatedWithCulture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Isla de Pascua province → ethnicGroups → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province

Orongo → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Polynesian indigenous religions → associatedWithPeople → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Tapati Rapa Nui festival (nearby and centered on island) → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Tapati Rapa Nui festival

Makemake (Rapa Nui deity) → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Makemake (Rapa Nui deity) → worshipedBy → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Motu Nui islet → hasSignificance → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Motu Nui

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Special Territory of Rapa Nui → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Motu Kao Kao islet → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Motu Kao Kao

Mangarevans → relatedEthnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Salas y Gómez Island → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Salas y Gómez Island → associatedWithCulture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

moai statues → creator → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Moai statues

Anakena area → hasCulturalSignificance → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Ahu Akivi → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Birdman ritual → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Tangata manu → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Rano Kau crater lake → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Sebastián Englert → fieldOfWork → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Rapa Nui wooden statues → ethnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

rongorongo tablets → associatedWith → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

subject surface form: Rongorongo tablets

Ahu Vinapu → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Ahu Tahai → heritageOf → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Ahu Tahai → culture → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture

Ahu Tahai → ethnicGroupAssociated → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Chileans → ethnicCompositionIncludes → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Easter Island mission → mainSubject → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

Easter Island mission → appliesToJurisdiction → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui community

Motu Kao Kao → associatedEthnicGroup → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

birdman petroglyphs → culturalContext → Rapa Nui people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapa Nui culture