Ngaꞌara

Generally fathers would teach their sons and any other boys who were interested, and Ngaꞌara was the most famous teacher on the island.

At the time he became ꞌariki, the real power on the island lay in the Birdman priests of ꞌOrongo.

[2] Katherine Routledge was told that one of Ngaꞌara's tablets, called Kouhau ꞌo te Ranga and thought to be Rongorongo text C, was one of a kind and had the power to "give conquest in war" and enslave the conquered.

In order to take control of the island from the Birdman priests of ꞌOrongo, Ngaꞌara established an annual rongorongo festival at ꞌAnakena.

The feast of the tablets was regarded as their most important fête day, and not even war was allowed to interfere with it.Hundreds attended these festivals.