Introductory Description:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/pacific/Rapanui.html
Rapa Nui Map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/islands_oceans_poles/EasterIsland.jpt
Selected Rapa Nui Picture Links:
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Chile/images/PascuaMoai01.jpg
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Chile/images/PascuaAneKena.jpg
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Chile/images/PascuaLandscape02.jpg
http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Chile/images/PascuaRanuRaraku.jpg
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~adam/easterisland/ww.html
Rapa Nui Dance and Music Information:
http://www.ic-digit-music.de/2tfr_poly.htm
http://www.datajammin.net/tropiczone/catalog/prd2498.htm
http://homepages.go.com/~friendsny/2spgat99.htm (article 3/4 of the way
down the page)
http://www.songsearch.net/CATALOG/T/TARAR12.htm
http://album.yahoo.com/shop?d=ha&id=1802586327&cf=10
http://album.yahoo.com/shop?d=ha&id=1802595882&cf=10
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=6852ZUE4Z4&ean=723723505828
http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/tap/archive/2000-10--chile.html
(short
paragraph about Easter Island dance)
Rapa Nui Dance and Music Photographs:
http://www.rapanui.cl/eng/index.html
http://www.cloud-mountain.com/eif/eiffototour.html (several dance photos
interspersed with
other Easter Island photos)
Rapa Nui Music File:
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artok/festival/s206464.htm
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapa.ram (Real Audio mp3 file link found on
http://members.aol.com/lawriff/nitrobaseball/awards.html
Evaluation of Websites:
I found a tremendous amount of information concerning Easter Island history
and the presence
of moai on the island nation. This type of information was very comprehensive
and extensive on
the websites I found. There are many quality links from pictures of the
statues to essays
discussing the various theories for their existence. However, there were
few websites devoted to
Easter Island's music and dance practices. In addition to this, websites
devoted to Rapa Nui
either did not have much to say about their music and dance traditions or
contained only one or
two short paragraphs. Moreover, I found very few dance and music photographs
of Easter
Islanders. I discovered some comments regarding several local Rapa Nui musical
groups and
artists such as Tomas Tempano, Ben Paoa, and Groupo Kari Kari. However,
trying to find their
recordings on the web was a little difficult.
Copyright/Source:
Source: Melissa Wu