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On one of the worldâs most isolated islands, hundreds of vast stone statues lie mouldering in the grass.
In this episode, we take a look at one of archaeologyâs most enduring puzzles: the mystery of Easter Island. Find out how this unique community grew up in complete isolation, severed from the rest of the world by a vast expanse of ocean. Discover the incredible story of how it survived for so many centuries, and examine the evidence about what happened to finally bring this society, and its statues, crashing down.
This episode, we're joined by children from the Toki School of Music and Arts on Rapa Nui, who were kind enough to record some traditional ancestral chants especially for the podcast.
Since 2012, Toki has offered children & adolescents free classes in classical and traditional music, with the aim of keeping the traditions of the island alive.
It's an incredible project, and if you want to help keep it running, you can donate here: tokirapanui.org/en/
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Credits:
Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas
Voice Actors:
Jake Barrett-Mills
Jacob Rollinson
Annie Kelly
Shem Jacobs
Footage of Rapa Iti by Normand Schafer of Far and Away Adventures: FarAndAwayAdventures.com
Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: incompetech.com/
Title theme: Home At Last by John Bartmann. johnbartmann.com/
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Barthel, Thomas S. The Eighth Land: The Polynesian Discovery and Settlement of Easter Island. Trans. Trans. Anneliese Martin. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1978.
Behrens, Carl Friedrich. âAnother Narrative of Jacob Roggeveenâs Visit.â In: The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez. Trans. Bolton Glanvill Corney. Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society, 1908, pp. 131â137.
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
The best documentary I've ever seen about Rapa Nui. As a Polynesian it hurts but thank you.
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I am Samoan and I feel so emotional right now finding out about what has happened to the people of this Island. I have shed tears today watching this a few times now.
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Not a sentimental man, but the part about âour stolen friendâ broke me a little bit. So sad⌠Great video. Thank you for this invaluable information
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IF this series would ever be picked up by a "major" distributor - PLEASE don't let their producers talk you into "punching it up" with a bunch of loud sound effects, musical fanfares and flashy editing to feature emotionally charged video clips, etc. (ie: History Channel)
This content DESERVES the introspective, academic tone that is presented with. Viewers should look upon these videos as a learning experience, not as mere entertainment. Indeed, I would suggest these videos being used in a formal education setting alongside the videos of Eugene Weber's The Western Tradition.
With that said, some of the clip art and graphics could be improved / added, but only for content, not for visual stimulation.
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I am 36 years old, and being of a dying culture myself, I must say that this is the first documentary in my life that make me cry. Thank you wholeheartedly for making this masterpiece of series. And I really hope the people of Rapa Nui have his moai back and his beautiful culture endure for many centuries more.
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I am crying for people I've never met. Heartbreaking story, thank you for telling it so beautifully.
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The saddest episode of all six I watched.
Solid lesson on how history is prone to be distorted and how many "lies" it might still comprise.
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I will try my best to write this down in English, as that isnât my native language...
Iâm from Chile, Rapa Nuiâs current holder (at least on paper), and I honestly thank u for making this video... I was waiting for it since I discovered your podcast, and if I have to be honest to you, I was moved to tears, since no one has made such a great, respectful and comprehensive narrative of Rapa Nuiâs history as you did.
You see, here in Chile we are still being told, in the schools, universities and media, the âofficial historyâ of the islandâs colapse; sadly, our history with native people has been full of genocide, âwhitewashingâ and erasure of the true history... such as sadly, one politician some decades ago said in public that there werenât âindigenous peopleâ in our country.
I am so thankfull to you for making this free documentary, for arguing with evidence against the âEuropean/Racistâ narrative, and for illustrating the Rapa Nui people as they deserve to be: as a resiliant, beautiful nation.
ÂĄGracias!
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Not to sound melodramatic but through your podcasts you have done more to arouse my interest and empathy for other cultures than most of my teachers in 16 years of schooling and definitely more than any politician in the countries I have lived in in my 49years.
Respect.
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âRapa Nui wasnât the site of an ecological suicide, as weâve been led to believe, but the site of a genocide.â
This was a particularly emotional episode. Thank you for putting this together.
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I adore this series, but this is the episode that I keep coming back to. I dont know if it's because I know the least about Easter Island, or because of the extraordinary nature of the story of Rapa Nui, but this is the kind of historical storytelling I wish we had more of in the world.
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One last thing........PLEASE keep your work independent so it remains pristine and thought provoking. Some of us truly do love learning about history.
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Man I was literally taught the the Easter Island natives destroyed themselves just as you said . And I just believed it till now. Thank you .
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As a Samoan living in Hawaii, this episode hit home. Thank you for how respectful you were in accounting a piece of history of our people. I have seen many vids of Rapa Nui and the significance of the stones and lack of trees, but never a full accounting of how our brothers and sisters thrived and ultimately suffered at the end due to genocide from foreign invaders. This history, as well as the history of the Hawaiian islands, are similar in that way that foreigners, even seeing that there are already people living and thriving on these islands, thought themselves entitled to stake their claims just because they had the weapons and ammunition to do so. So sad. I cried at the ending because as much as some people want to justify the taking over of these islands (even today), our people, the Pacific Islanders, still feel the affects of it today. Thank you again and I am thoroughly enjoying this entire series so far.
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For a year, I avoided watching this show because I thought we knew everything, I had read Diamond's book. I never expected THIS, and to shed a tear or two. This is such a relentlessly tragic story over the past 300 years, though I would like to have heard an epilogue of how the people of Rapa Nui seem to have recovered somewhat and how the Moai were re-erected in places, though things are by no means rosy.
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Cried at the end. My ancestors tell stories of migration from there to other islands and finally New Zealand Aoteroa. This documentary was well done with taste and passion will be sharing this with family and friends thank you for the dedication and time spent on such a wonderful project. The pronunciation wasn't bad either. You should be proud of your work
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This is nothing short of heartbreaking....but Iâm so glad I got the opportunity to learn about these strong people. I pray their cultural artifacts get returned soon.
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This one ties with the Aztecs as your absolute best so far. The Aztecs episode is an unparalleled epic, and this one is a heartbreaking tragedy. This really shows what's possible with a history presentation when you replace sensationalism with empathy and understanding.
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thank you so much for this, as a samoan new zealander I have never heard the story of our brothers and sisters on rapa nui. this video made me feel so many things; proud that polynesians independently developed writing, angry about all of the injustices done against the rapa nui - especially the british STILL refusing to return the stolen moai -, and the ending with the children singing made me tear up. once again thank you so much, hopefully we come back to the pacific in a future episode :)
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@islanderws
3 years ago
As a native Polynesian (Samoan), I can honestly say this is the best, well made and more accurate history documentary about the fate of our brothers and sisters in Rapa Nui. Thank you... Fa'afetai tele lava.
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