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About 1800 years ago, [|a|an|the] certain adventurous chief led his people to [|a|an|the] island of Rapa Nui where they lived in isolation from [|a|an|the] Polynesians for many generations. They called their home the centre of the world. About [|a|an|the] century ago, [|a|an|the] Tahitian visited the land and called it Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa") because the island looked like a big copy of [|a|an|the] smaller Polynesian island called Rapa. This is how [|a|an|the|-] Easter Island, its Polynesian people and the language came to be called Rapa Nui. They've lived on this remote island since at least [|a|an|the] 12th century, when they made [|a|an|the] famous iconic statues. [|A|An|The] Rapa Nui are conservative people. One of their brightest traditions is tobogganing down [|a|an|the] grass slope of [|a|an|the] volcano on [|a|an|the] banana-tree trunk. This event usually coincides with [|a|an|the] Tapati festival which is [|a|an|the] contest of dance, drama, cookery, song and sport taking place at the start of each February. The festival is organised for [|a|an|the] Rapa Nui in [|a|an|the] Rapa Nui language. The whole celebration is very different from traditional going to [|a|an|the] opera. The musicians mostly play [|a|an|the] trumpets made from seashells, but the impression is no worse than at [|a|an|the|-] Covent Garden in London. Local traditions reflect the independent nature of this culture where people for 500 years had believed they were [|a|an|the] only people left on Earth. Isn't this [|a|an|the] unusual phenomenon?