Anonymous ID: 9c9b75 Jan. 4, 2023, 7:31 p.m. No.18078038   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

RAPA NUI, Chile (AP) โ€” Rapa Nui โ€“ the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as Easter Island โ€“ is home to a Catholic church featuring artwork that reflects that islandersโ€™ ancestral culture as well as Christian beliefs. Among the eye-catching works are stained glass windows โ€“ created by a French-born artist โ€“ that portray figures resembling Rapa Nuiโ€™s inhabitants.

 

The artist, Delphine Poulain, was born in Paris 52 years ago and has been in love with Rapa Nui since she first visited in 1994. She smiles at the memory.

 

โ€œI was riding a horse through the beach when I first I thought โ€˜I want to live here,โ€™โ€ she said.

 

At the time, Poulain lived in Tahiti, working as a professional sailor and often traveling to other islands of Polynesia. One trip to Rapa Nui was enough to envision a future home in this land of extinct volcanoes and monolithic statues called moai, though almost three decades passed before that dream came true.

 

https://apnews.com/article/paris-france-tahiti-religion-4fc14dd97330e016acd33446aa8248a3