travel south pacific french polynesia raiatea & tahaa

Raiatea, the second largest in French Polynesia, is considered the most sacred of all the Society Islands.
Guides tell us of the allied kingdoms of Polynesia journeying long distances by canoe.
Some of these canoe trips were to hold tribal meetings and ceremonies at Marae Taputapuatea in Opoa on the southeast side of Riatea.
Legend has it that Oro, the God of war and fertility was born atop Mount Temahani on the northern end of Raiatea.

LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S PAGE ON RAIATEA

LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S PAGE ON FRENCH POLYNESIA

TRAVEL: 2007


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