Who Lives on Easter Island today

However, 18 th centurys discoverers found the sculptures shattered and a nation seemingly heading for civilian warfare. Whilst many declarations have been suggested, the unsustainable use of an important renewables source is the most feasible. Timber was extracted from a slowly expanding sub-tropical tree and was the ubiquitous source of nutrition for the island's inhabitants (nuts, bird life, fishing boats), the local economies (cooking, fuel, living materials) and cultures (moving statues).

There are many benefits to this historic example of unsustainable behavior in a demanding community as a case example for the ongoing communication of pertinent teachings on the subject of sustainabilty.

Spouses and Families - Easter Island

Get married. Traditionally, most weddings were single, although some well-to-do men had more than one woman. Weddings were usually organised, whereby the engagement of children was not infrequent. Today the wedding is voluntary, although the bridegroom's father and the bridegroom are engaged in the approval and arrangement of the family.

The weddings are characterized by three ceremonials - a registry office rite, an ecclesiastical rite and a great celebration organized by the groom's fathers, which reflects the surviving of a custom. After the wedding the pair usually lives with one or the other of the families until material for the construction of their own house can be procured. There have been many divorces in the past, which could be brought about by both sides for almost any possible cause.

Catholicism has made divorces more complicated and rare. Formerly, the primary and secondary families were made up of a larger side by side community of brethren, spouses and orphans. Today the core group is the standard, although other members such as grand-parents and brethren may also be present.

Previously and today, the authoritative person was the sire, although today the sire of the woman has more powers than the sire of the man and a son-in-law will often obtain the consent of his father-in-law for education and professional choices. Both men and females have inherited in the past and today, and both men and females have been able to abandon possession.

Adolescence in classical age was characterised by the fact that young men and women were isolated on an island for a few month and then, at the end of their isolation, held large festivals. The rituals have long since vanished and adolescence is no longer characterized by rituals. There is a primary level primary modern and some Easter Islanders are attending high schools in Chile.