What is Marae?
A '''''{{lang|mi|marae}}''''' (in [[Māori language|New Zealand Māori]], [[Cook Islands Māori]], [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]]), '''''{{lang|to|mala{{okina}}e}}''''' (in [[Tongan language|Tongan]]), '''''{{lang|mrq|me{{okina}}ae}}''''' (in [[Marquesan language|Marquesan]]) or '''''{{lang|sm|malae}}''''' (in [[Samoan language|Samoan]]) is a sacred place that is for religious and social purposes in [[Polynesian culture|Polynesian]] societies. In all these languages, the term also means cleared, free of weeds, trees.<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Adams|editor=Robert Ernest Spiller|date=1947|title=Memoirs of Arii Taimai e Marama of Eimeo, Teriirere of Tooarai, Terrinui of Tahiti, Tauraatua i Amo|publisher=New York : Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Maori]]