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Tahiti & ses Îles

Museums, festivals, local traditions · Official sites & practical info

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🗿 Museums & Sacred Sites 2 venues
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Museum of Tahiti and the Islands
Punaauia, Tahiti

French Polynesia's national museum, founded in 1974, holding nearly 30,000 ethnographic objects.

EthnographyHeritage
🌐 Official sitemuseetahiti.pf
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Taputapuatea Marae
Raiatea

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this complex of stone marae is considered the most sacred religious site in Polynesia.

UNESCOSacred site
🌐 Official sitetahititourisme.com
🌺 Polynesian Traditions 2 venues
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Heiva i Tahiti
Papeete

Major annual festival held in July, featuring competitions in traditional dance, Polynesian singing and traditional sports.

FestivalDance
🌐 Official sitetahititourisme.com
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Traditional tatau tattooing
Society Islands

An ancestral art of Ma'ohi culture that once marked the passage into adulthood, now experiencing a strong identity-driven revival.

TattooingAncestral tradition
🌐 Official sitetahititourisme.com