Marae Arahurahu by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Sep 10, 2009

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A partial view of the grounds of Marae Arahurahu near Paea, Tahiti. This is the only marae in all of Polynesia that has been fully restored and is maintained like a museum. Mareas were sacred places which served both religious and social purposes in pre-christian Polynesian societies. The marae itself generally consists of an area of cleared land roughly rectangular, bordered with stones or wooden posts(called 'au') sometimes with terraces (paepae) which were used in olden days for ceremonial puposes. Marae Arahurahu is used for reenactments of old Polynesian ceremonies during the July 'Heiva Nui' celebrations. In this photo the actual marae, bordered by stones, is partially visible in the background. This picture was taken on 13 August 2009. Thank you for viewing, commenting, and favs, Sig...

Comments (35)

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shadownet

10:32PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Beautiful photo and very interesting history on the area.

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kgb224

10:34PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Wonderful capture my friend.

thevolunteer

10:39PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

What a great capture. I can see that Tahiti is a lot like old Hawaii. Ah, what ever happened to the good ole days.... Aloha

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danapommet

10:44PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Great composition here Sig. Beautiful details too. Dana

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orig_buggy

10:51PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ....love this!!!

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lizzibell

11:19PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

great capture...

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Faemike55

11:41PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Very beautiful photo and great history! thank you for sharing this with us!

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MagikUnicorn

12:14AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Tahiti The Paradise of the Pacific and Cuba Arlantic Paradise :) Beautiful capture :)

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auntietk

12:19AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

I love this! It's the last image I'll be looking at tonight ... I'm off to bed ... so maybe I'll dream of Tahiti and all those fabulous trees. This is a beautiful photograph, my friend.

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renecyberdoc

12:20AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

you always add some very useful information for the people who are interested,great one .

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Richardphotos

12:28AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

as you know, this scene could easily be in the Philippines.very beautiful

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bazza

12:28AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Lovely shot and great info, thank you. Looks like a lovely place to be!!

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Umbetro38

12:48AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

wow - the place here looks like a dream place - very very cool shot

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dragonmuse

1:03AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Lovely shot and info.

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Dreamingbee

2:17AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

what a wonderful shot and place!

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NoelCan

2:23AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Well done..

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Alz2008

2:30AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Wonderful capture and little hut, excellent well done..

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jeroni

3:40AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details

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emmecielle

5:42AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Excellent shot and interesting informayions... as always! :)

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Minda

7:25AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

oh wow! this is Really beautiful sig...it remind me of my country very nice capture!!

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Alex_Antonov

8:43AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Wonderful!

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annie5

10:06AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Very interesting scene..thanks for the info! :)

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MossSphere

10:45AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Lovely setting and interesting info.

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NoobasaurUS

11:20AM | Fri, 11 September 2009

Superb tropical setting and capture! Fascinating background information!!!!!! I love to learn and this is both visually stunning and wonderously informational!! Outstanding work!!!!!

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