page_title: Music of Chile
section_title: Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Chile / Chilean folk music / Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
caption_attribution_description: English: Traditional music and dance of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
context_page_description: Chilean music refers to all kinds of music developed in Chile, or by Chileans in other countries, from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors to the modern day. It also includes the native pre-Columbian music from what is today Chilean territory.
context_section_description: Easter Island folk music has different origins from those of continental Chilean music. Instead, traditional music from the island consists of choral singing and chanting, similar to Tahitian music and the traditions of other Polynesian cultures. Families often performed as choirs, competing in an annual concert.  They accompanied their chanting with a trumpet made from a conch and a percussive dancer jumping onto a stone which is set over a calabash resonator.  Other instruments used include the kauaha, created from the jaw bone of a horse; the accordion; and stones, which are clapped together for percussive effect. The most characteristic dances are:
  The "Sau Sau", a dance of Samoan origin that was introduced in the 1940s. The dance emphasizes female grace and sensuality and in the choreography, the couple performs flexible movements of the hips and hands.
  The "Ula Ula", a dance of Tahitian origin that is usually performed during local festivities. The couples dance separated undulating their hips laterally.
  The "Tamuré" also a Tahitian dance, is very fast and acrobatic and requires highly skilled dancers.
  The Rainsick, Ukulele, Drum, and flute are instruments typically used in Rapa Nui music.
caption: Music and dances from Eastern Island
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