Carmen Cardinali Paoa Carmen Cardinali Paoa Carmen Cardinali Paoa (born 21 June 1944) is a Chilean professor. She served as the Governor of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the government of president Sebastián Piñera, between 2010 and 2014. A native of the island, Cardinali hasworked as a professor in Santiago and also in Easter Island's tourism industry. Cardinali's predecessor, former Governor Pedro Edmunds Paoa, resigned in early August 2010 following the occupation of six buildings by protesters who demanded the return of land to the descendents of the island's indigenous Polynesian inhabitants. Lawyer Jorge Miranda was appointed as interim Governor until a replacement
Rapa Nui people made out of natural products, primarily from the burning of Ti leaves ("Cordyline terminalis") and sugar cane. The tattoos were named based on its location on the body: • Rima kona: On the back of the hand or wrist. • Retu: On the forehead. • Matapea: Under the eyes. • Pangaha’a: On the cheeks. • Pare: On the arms. • Humu: On the thighs and/or calves. • Tu’u haino ino: On the back and buttocks. Tattoos, as well as other forms of art in Rapa Nui, blends anthropomorphic and zoomorphic imagery. The most common symbols represented were of the Make-Make