The Marquesas - Nuku Hiva - Photos 2 - Maraes and Tikis
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Mike and Liz Downing
Wed 25 Aug 2010 04:55
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Nuku Hiva has a fair number of archeological sites
of the Polynesian culture/religion before the missionaries arrived from Europe
and converted the islands to Christianity, When touring the island we visited a
number of Tikis and sacred sites (marae). Some were well hidden in the forest
and not that well preserved, but replicas of the tikis carved in wood appear in
quite a lot of the more touristy places.
 A marae with tikis on the
surrounds.
 A close up of a well worn
tiki!
 And another ......
  The trail up the hillside to the
marae.
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