The roman-catholic church is of interest [1]. The church is located at
the far end of Te Pito O Te Henua
Road, if you come from the sea side. This time I didn’t have the time to walk
by, but I’ll show you the older pictures.
In the mid-1800s Eugène Eyraud (1820 – 23 August 1868) was the first
Westerner to live on Easter Island and belonging the Congregation of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary, his intend of living on Easter Island was missionary
[2]. The population had been diminished by
smallpox and unluckily Pater Eyraud suffered from tuberculosis, which he
spread unto his flock. About a quarter of the population died of tuberculosis.
He baptized all of the inhabitants – and died shortly afterwards, of course
from tuberculosis, which was beyond medical help back then. However, Eyraud was
the first Westerner to have a look at the rongorongo, which are wooden tablets
with writings like hieroglyphs. Later Bishop Jaussen of Tahiti made the rongorongo
known to the outside world. (I’ll give the kohau Rongorongo a closer look here
on this blog later.)
In the 20th century Father Sebastian Englert (17.11.1888 –08.01.1969),”
a Capuchin Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic priest,
missionary, linguist and ethnologist from Germany”, had a great influence on
the catholic church of Easter Island [3]. The Father Sebastian Englert
Anthropological Museum is named after him; which I wanted to visit,
but had been closed due to the presidential elections in Chile. As Father
Sebastian spoke Rapanui, he translated religious songs and texts into Rapanui.
He published on Rapanui, both island and language, and I wish, I could read: Englert,
S. Idioma rapanui: gramática y diccionario del antiguo idioma de la Isla
de Pascua. Santiago de
Chile, Universidad de Chile, 1978.
If you want to have a look at today’s church, please look here: [4].
There are other churches as well, also the Mormons are active, but that’s
another story.
I've found two places for St. Mary devotionalism, one in
Te Pito O Te Henua Road, near the soccer field, and one near by the sea.
Te Pito O Te Henua Road, near the soccer field, and one near by the sea.
Links and References:
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