Game of Thrones is a really good TV series,
but I’m not going to write about that, haha! I choose that title
because it’s perfect for the topic that I will explain now.
Today in classes, when the movie ends, we started to
talk about the natives of our country. What we know about them? Are we proud of
them?
The answer for me was: WE KNOW NOTHING. First, because
I was thinking in the next episode of GoT (TWO WEEKS! WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
TWO WEEKS!), and last, obviously, because when Mr. Villa asked us about some
words of Rapa Nui, the answers were horrible :( we definitely don’t know about our culture, our
country, our roots. So when you’ll read this blog, you will know EVERYTHING :D.
Well, not everything :(, but some things
about Rapa Nui :)
- Rapa Nui or “Tepito Ote Henua”, is the farthest island of a continent in the Pacific Ocean. The first habitants of the Island came from Marquesas’s Island in the VI century leaded by the Ariki (King) Hotu Matu’a.
- The Island was discovered (for the occidental world) in 1722 a Dutch navigator called Jakob Roggeveen.
- At the beginning, the construction of Moais was the principal activity of Rapa Nui. There are different sizes of statues (4-10 metres). Those are the symbol of the Island, carved in volcanic rock to embody the spirit of their ancestress.
- The typical foods are mostly seafood like tuna, lobster, shrimp, and “rape rape”, a small lobster that is exclusive of the island.
- The Island now: Well, Rapa Nui is part of our territory since 1888. The economy is based in fishing and tourism. Actually, there are a lot of activities you can do there. Go to restaurants, tours around island; go to the museum, etc.
I hope you like my post J. Here are some pages where you can find more
information of the Island and a kind of “dictionary” Rapa Nui-Spanish.
Bye!!
Hi, Javiera! I agree with you, we know nothing. The good thing is that we have time to learn about it. I read the websites you posted and they have very interesting material. We have a lot of diversity in our country, but we don't consider it :(
ReplyDeleteWe have different landscapes, different cultures but we don't consider them as a part of us, and we are part of them, too.
We can change that, and we should do it.
Regards!
PS: Google checked if I am a robot. That doesn't happen all the time, so, I wanted to share it.
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Very interesting post, Mimí. First of all, you weren't the only one who didn't know a thing about our natives, I felt quite embarrassed as well. But as soon as we started mentioning words originated from Mapudungun that we use on a daily basis, I felt that there was a bit of hope for us to start learning more. We have already inherited some vocabulary such as "pichintún" or "pololo", as we said in class. So, if we try to look into what we say, we can actually find out about the origin of the terms and say that we know about our native's language, which can be a first step. Finally, I'd say that we still have time to immerse ourselves in different cultures and this is a fun way to begin.
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