page_title: Tautira
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Tautira / Culture
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Abbild des Kriegsgottes Oro (To´o) von Tahiti. Oro wurde repräsentiert von einem länglichen Abbild mit einem hölzernen Kern, das mit sorgfältig geflochtenen Kokosfasern umhüllt war. Sein „Mana“ bezog das Bildnis aus kostbaren Vogelfedern, mit denen es ursprünglich ausgestattet war. (Metropolitan Museum, New York City) English: A sacred god figure wrapping for the war god 'Oro, made of woven dried coconut fibre (sennit), which would have protected a Polynesian god effigy (to'o), made of wood. The mana of the god was symbolised by feathers, usually red in colour, which were attached to the surface of the woven covering. Figure held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
context_page_description: Tautira is a Polynesian beach village, valley, and point on the south-east coast of the island of Tahiti in the Pacific. It is part of the commune Taiarapu-Est. With a population of 2338, it is located 49 kilometres southeast of the Tahitian capital of Papeete on the coast of Tautira Bay, at the end of what is the largest valley of the Taiarapu Peninsula. Domingo de Bonechea visited the area in 1772 and attempted to spread Christianity here; James Cook landed at Tautira Bay during his voyage. Robert Louis Stevenson referred to the village as “The Garden of the World”, staying here to recover from illness in 1886. The village contains a Catholic church.
context_section_description: In the 19th century, Tautira boasted a Chinese store and a church. The Catholic Church, Protestants, and Mormon missions were in juxtaposition in the village. When Pōmare II returned to kingship in Tahiti, he became a Christian, and destroyed the temple and idol of 'Oro, the national god of Tahiti, at Tautira.
caption: A depiction of the god figure 'Oro whose temple in Tautira was destroyed by Pōmare II.
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