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- Planning for conservation and site management at the Orongo Ceremonial Village began in 2001 in close consultation with community leaders and local stakeholders. Over the years WMF has held a series of workshops focused on redevelopment, interpretation, conservation, and management plans for the site.
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A Modern Visitor Center. Orongo Ceremonial Village, one of the most significant archaeological sites in Rapa Nui National Park, is the most visited place on Easter Island. Unfortunately, the site has been severely impacted by the increasing numbers of tourists.
May 23, 2024 · The community was particularly concerned about the future of Mata Ngarahu, an outcrop of basalt boulders on the cliffside of the Ceremonial Village of Orongo whose petroglyphs are a record of the Tangata Manu (or Birdman) cult that succeeded the cult of the moai.
May 12, 2011 · The new visitor center, the Centro de Recepción de Visitantes de la Aldea Ceremonial de Orongo, is located at the entrance to the Orongo Ceremonial Village, one of the most significant archaeological sites in Rapa Nui National Park and the most visited place on Easter Island.
- A Sacred and Spectacular Site
- The Houses of The Ceremonial Village
- The Paintings of Orongo
- The Hoa Hakanani’A Moai
- The Petroglyphs of Orongo
- The Birdman Ceremony
- Tips For Visiting Orongo
- How to Get to Orongo
The archaeological site of Orongo is located in the southwestern part of the Rano Kau volcano, in a narrow strip between the edge of the crater that surrounds the lagoon and the cliff that descends almost perpendicular to the sea, in front of the Motu Nui, Motu Iti and Motu Kao Kao islets. The village of Orongo was inhabited seasonally by the chief...
It is believed that the first Orongo constructions were not related to the manutara cult. In fact, just before the start of the village, on the edge that looks at the lagoon, there are the remains of a small ahu or platform. Only the base at ground level of a single moai is conserved, which according to some hypothesis could be the famous Hoa Hakan...
Inside some of the houses, interesting paintings related to the bird-man ceremonyhave been found. Generally the large vertical slabs on the wall opposite the entrance to the house were painted, so that they received the lighting from outside. Natural red, black and white pigments were used to represent different designs. The most repeated are the f...
One of the most impressive elements of the village of Orongo was a basalt moai called Hoa Hakananai’a, which could be translated as “the breakwater”. This moai, 2.5 meters high, is unique not only because it was made in basalt, the hardest raw material available, but also because it represents the continuity and change that was happening in the anc...
The rocks around the village are covered with more than 1,700 petroglyphs, making Orongo the place with the highest concentration of rock art on the island. Although the stone engravings have been found in several points of Orongo, the focus that attracts all the attention is the last set of houses located at the bottom end of the cliff, which desc...
It is not known in detail how the competition of the bird-man or tangata manu arose. According to the tradition, once the cult of the ancestors that moai represented was abandonedand the loss of prestige of the old political and religious order was increasing, opposing tribal groups arise eager to take power. Towards the end of the 17th century, it...
The visit of Orongo can be done by hiring some of the excursions offered by most of the island’s tourism agencies. This archaeological site is usually included in any of the half day toursin which Ana Kai Tangata’s cave and Rano KAu volcano are also visited. The other option is to do it on your own. In that case you would have to rent a vehicle or ...
There are several ways to get to Orongo by car or on foot. By car, from Hanga Roa you have to take the main road Atamu Tekena until cross the the airport road. There turn right, pass the only gas station on the island and just continue all the way up until you reach the end of it. There is a parking lot where you can leave the vehicle. You can also...
Beginning in 1973, WMF funded five years of archaeological research and survey, headed by Dr. Mulloy that included conservation work at Ahu Vai Uri, Ahu Huri a Urenga, two ahu at Hanga Kio’e, and the ceremonial village of Orongo.
Dec 1, 2009 · The new visitor center, the Centro de Recepción de Visitantes de la Aldea Ceremonial de Orongo, is located at the entrance to the Orongo Ceremonial Village, one of the most significant archaeological sites in Rapa Nui National Park and the most visited place on Easter Island.
The new visitor center, the Centro de Recepción de Visitantes de la Aldea Ceremonial de Orongo, is located at the entrance to the Orongo Ceremonial Village, one of the most significant archaeological sites in Rapa Nui National Park and the most visited place on Easter Island.
