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The pianist playing for Easter Island's future


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The pianist playing for Easter Island s future
As sea levels rise and the climate changes, Mahani Teave s island home and its culture are increasingly under threat.
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the world s most remote inhabited island - a 164-sq-km dot in the South Pacific Ocean. The nearest land is Pitcairn Island, a British Overseas Territory, 2,000km (1,200 miles) away; and Chile - under whose jurisdiction Rapa Nui has fallen since 1888 - is 3,800km to the east.
The undulating grasslands which roll away down its volcanic spine are dotted with more than 900 moai, the monolithic stone figures with which the island has become almost synonymous. ....

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