Marae - Rapa Nui/Easter Island

Rapa Nui/Easter Island

See also: Ahu Tongariki and Ahu Akivi

In the remote southeastern corner of the Polynesian Triangle elements of the traditional Polynesian marae evolved into the Rapa Nui/Easter Island Ahu and their iconic Moai (giant forms of Polynesian statues).

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