Queen candidate parade, Tapati Rapa Nui festival -- - Rapa Nui - Easter Island - Isla de Pasqua

            We had the good (and totally unplanned) fortune to be in Hanga Roa for the beginning of Tapati Rapa Nui (which means Rapa Nui Week), a cultural festival that takes place during the first two weeks of February.  This is a festival by the islanders and for the islanders, meant to generate interest and promote the Rapa Nui culture in general and to create a sense of identity in children.  

The festival has many singing and dancing competitions on a stage in Hanga Roa as well as many athletic sporting events throughout the island.  

As part of the festivities, two young women compete with each other to become the Queen of the  Tapati.  Points for all the competitions are added up and the queen candidate whose team has the most points becomes the Queen for the current year.

Near sunset one evening we left a restaurant on the waterfront after supper and wandered into the community preparations as one queen candidate was preparing to march to the event grounds and make her grand entrance into the grounds.  

In this photo, the queen candidate and her consort lead the procession of family, neighbors, and friends bare foot through the heart of Hanga Roa to the festival grounds over a kilometer away.

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Taken in: Chile / Región de Valparaíso / Isla de Pascua / Hanga Roa (show map)

Taken on: February 2, 2018

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