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Orongo (Rapa Nui: Oroŋo) is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It consists of a collection of low, sod-covered, windowless, round-walled buildings with even lower doors positioned on the high south-westerly tip of the large volcanic caldera called Rano Kau .
Learn about the ancient ritual of the Tangata Manu, a sacred and spectacular site on Easter Island. Discover the houses, paintings, moai and petroglyphs of Orongo, the village where the chiefs and main characters of the ancient tribes lived and celebrated the manutara bird.
Easter Island, one of the world’s most remote inhabited places, 3,700 kilometers off the coast of South America, is home to an extraordinary archaeological heritage that spans over a thousand years.
Orongo is the place where the Rapa Nui people lived and fought during the annual birdman competitions, in which they retrieved eggs from the manutara bird and competed for the king's favor. Learn about the history, architecture and significance of this ancient site on the brink of the volcano Rano Kau.
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Dec 12, 2023 · Set between the sprawling crater of Rano Kau and the plunging cliffs of Easter Island’s southwest coast, is the small ceremonial village of Orongo. Orongo is a much different site than any other place on Easter Island.
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Jan 28, 2013 · The ruins of the “Birdman” cult are scattered throughout Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island). As tribal rituals go, that of the Birdman on Easter Island is right up there with the stuff of...
Polynesian fantasy and ritual. Easter Island 4 days package visiting Rano Kau volcano, Orongo temple, Ahu Akivi and more.
