Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation Volume 22 Issue 2 October Article 17 2008 20 YEARS AGO IN THE RNJ Follow this and additional works at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj Part of the History of the Pacific Islands Commons, and the Pacific Islands Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation (2008) "20 YEARS AGO IN THE RNJ," Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation: Vol. 22 : Iss. 2 , Article 17. Available at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj/vol22/iss2/17 This Commentary or Dialogue is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Hawai`i Press at Kahualike. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation by an authorized editor of Kahualike. 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How­ According to reports received from a number of islanders ever, a Chilean official gave assurances that the participants and printed in at least two opposition newspapers and one stayed on public roads at all times. opposition magazine, on The newspaper El Epoca repOIted that the president of the September 9 a motorcycle rally Chilean Instituto de Ecologia, Mauricio Bravo, has spoken out took place on Easter Island. in protest against the "Rally Enduro Rapa Nui". It is Reports agree that from SO to 60 understood that (privately) several conservation groups in of these machines participated as Chile and elsewhere and a number ofconcemed individuals part of the centelmial celebration have been in touch with Chilean authorities, and they have of Chile's taking possession of the made known their intense disappointment that such a island. potentially destructive event could have taken place in this It is still not clear exactly unique open air museum. One person compared having a where the course was laid out. motorcycle rally on Easter Island to putting a discotheque in There seems to be general agree­ the British Museum or a roller rink in the Louvre. ment that the route took the First reports indicate that there was no significant damage, motorcyclists from Hanga Roa up but the article in La Epoca quotes the lnstihlto de Ecologia as the west coast through the Tahai saying that generally, "these competitions are damaging zones area, around the NOIth Cape, by Hanga Oteo and Papa Te ofecological value". If further reliable information comes in, Kena to Anakena. Afterwards they continued along the public RNJwill carry it in a future issue. road, hlmed into the Rano Raraku area, and retumed to Hanga Published by Kahualike, 2008 1.