In February of each year we celebrate the feast of Tapati , the main artistic and cultural activity of Rapa Nui, which begins the first week of February and lasts about two weeks. A festival is conducting a series of ancient ceremonies as body painting competition (or Takona), epic storytelling and legends ( Riu ) and falling at high speed on a hill on banana trunks young (or Haka Pei ) and the election of the queen of the island, which is crowned the first full moon of the month. This holiday hotel capacity packed food and Rapa Nui.
Mythology
The mythology of the island of Rapa Nui has unique characteristics, this product is the most isolated island in the Polynesian islands, originally transmitted orally, and later recorded in written form after the arrival of shipments that would visit .
As in other parts of Chile, Rapa Nui mythology has also developed a particular worldview, which has led to its inhabitants very unique explanations about the creation of man and his territory.
Among the most important myths found the arrival of the Rapa Nui people from the continent of Hiva , the worship of the god Make-Make , which is represented in Rapa Nui as the creator of the world, and the subsequent cult Tangata Manu (Bird Man) .
Music
The original forms of singing Rapanui remained intact until the arrival of the rediscoverers; (fact that marks a turning point in the structuring of the musical expression of culture).
Rapanui dabble in singing is to enter a labyrinth of expressions with particular identity, but also perceive the cultural mix in its sonority converge. Easter Island, the largest island island in the world, has been the repository of a complex musical tradition for its long condition of extreme isolation (which lasted over a thousand years), could maintain exclusive musical forms, which are still part of their heritage.
However, the meeting with the settlers, the influence of government
