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Marae Tau'aitu, a stone temple platform with ahu or altar of standing stones, on the North side of the complex of Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This was a district marae and site of rahui rituals, dedicated to the tau'aitu or priests. Taputapuatea was a sacred meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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AR9641323
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7087px × 4724px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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AHU
Altar
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Archaeology
ARCHEOLOGICAL
archeology
Ceremonial
coast
COASTAL
color
DAY
Exterior
FRENCH POLYNESIA
HORIZONTAL
Iles de la Societe
IMAGE
Island
Lagoon
Leeward Islands
MARAE
Morning
Ocean
Oceania
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
Pacific Ocean
Platform
Polynesia
Raiatea
religion
Religious
SACRED
Seascape
SITE
society islands
Stone
Temple
Tree