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 Taputapuātea, an ancient marae constructed of stone on Ra'iātea in the Society Islands, restored in 1994. |
A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian) malae (in Tongan), malae (in Samoan and Hawaiian) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the word also means "cleared, free of weeds, trees, etc." It generally consists of an area of cleared land roughly rectangular (the marae itself), bordered with stones or wooden posts (called au in Tahitian and Cook Islands Māori) perhaps with terraces (paepae) which were traditionally used for ceremonial purposes; and in some cases, a central stone ahu or a'u. In the Rapanui culture of Easter Island "ahu" has become a synonym for the whole marae complex).
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| New Zealand in History: the marae - meeting place New Zealand in History: the marae - meeting place history-nz.org/maori5.html - Web |
| Gérard, Bertrand, Le marae: description morphologi... Gérard, Bertrand, Le marae: description morphologique in Cahiers des Sciences Humaines, 1978, Vol. 15, No 4, p. 407-448. Architecture and morphology of Society Islands Marae www.bondy.ird.fr/.../04184.pdf - Web |
| John Joseph Knight Hutchin, E Tuatua no te apai at... John Joseph Knight Hutchin, E Tuatua no te apai atinga ki mua i te marae, i te tuatau etene anga ("Tale of the offerings at the marae in heathen time") in "Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands (c. 1883-1912)", notebook 2 www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-HutColl-t1-g1-t2-body-d1.html - Web |
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| Marae Protocols Marae Protocols www.korero.maori.nz/forlearners/protocols/marae.html - Web |
