A marae is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes across Polynesian societies. It typically consists of a roughly rectangular area of cleared land bordered by stones or wooden posts, sometimes including paepae, raised terraces traditionally used for ceremonial purposes. On Easter Island a central stone ahu is placed within the complex, and the term has come to stand for the whole marae there.
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