session 5

Tau’a Rapa Nui o Triatlón rapanui

this picture  is my favorite  of the sunrise tapati in the easter island, this travel was  two years ago,this picture was took for my.  

This competition , recently introduced in the program, takes place inside the crater of the Rano Raraku volcano and has three traditional disciplines have come together to form a very peculiar kind of triathlon. 

The route , which has a total of 18 Km, starting with the first test, called " Vaka Ama " , in which participants cross the crater lake paddling in small rafts built in totora , a kind of water reed. When they reach the shore, begins the "Aka Come " , which are hung on the neck two heads of bananas weighing about 45 kg , and which will have to run around the lake. Finally again have to cross the swimming lake with the help of a float reed fibers called " Pora.