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<< Our Photo Pages >> Arai Te Tonga - Ancient Temple in Pacific Islands

Submitted by PAB on Saturday, 22 August 2015  Page Views: 4505

Multi-periodSite Name: Arai Te Tonga Alternative Name: Araite Tonga
Country: Pacific Islands
NOTE: This site is 2184.727 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple

Latitude: 21.2131S  Longitude: 159.7457W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Arai Te Tonga
Arai Te Tonga submitted by PAB : Site of ancient Marae meeting place, Rarotongan, Cook Islands. Photo: Peter Boyle, November 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Rarotonga (Cook Islands).

On the coast of Rarotonga (Cook Islands), there is a site which operated as both a meeting place and sanctuary, with parts of its stone surround and pillar still in situ.

This is one of several such locations established by the families who took over the island from its original inhabitants - before moving on to the land of the long white cloud...aka New Zealand.

According to the legends on Rarotonga, it was the people from here who set off for Aotea - the original Maori who established the pahs and other sites which Drew Parsons has posted in New Zealand.

As with the New Zealand sites, dates are less important than stages of development, so the fact that this location has been dated to 1250 AD doesn't preclude it from submission to the Portal.

As described on the information panel...:

Araite Tonga
These stone structures were Koutu Chiefly Courts where the political function of the Investiture of an Ariki (Chief) took place. The Kouto could properly be called the Royal Court of a reigning Ariki or High Chief.
It was a special place where all offerings to the ancient gods were first assembled prior to being conveyed to, and placed upon, the Marae (meeting place) where all tribal annual feasts and the presentation of 'First fruits’ were held. The outstanding surviving feature or Arai-Te-Tonga is a rectangular platform approximately 12 feet long, 7 feet and 8 inches high offset from the central….

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Arai Te Tonga
Arai Te Tonga submitted by PAB : Cook Islands. Stone perimeter of the Marae, with the standing stone in the background. Nov 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Arai Te Tonga
Arai Te Tonga submitted by PAB : Cook Islands. Information board. November 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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