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Taumihau of Raiatea, which I give in Tahitian and 

 Enghsh : 



E parau teie te umu a Tupua. 

 Teie te huru a taua ohipa ra. 

 Tapuhia te vahie e toru etaeta 

 i te aano. E fatahia taua 

 umu ra i te mahana mata- 

 raua e faautahia i te ofai 

 inia iho i taua umu ra, eiaha 

 ra te ofai no pia iho i te 

 marae, no te mea te marae 

 ra te faaea raa no te varua 

 ino oia te arii no te po. 

 E i te po matamua no taua 

 umu ra e haere te mau ta- 

 hua ora no te ao nei ola 

 Tupua e te mau pipi i Pi- 

 haiho i taua umu r ae hio 

 te mau varua taata no te 

 po e haere ratou inia iho 

 taavari ai ; ia ore i puai te 

 auahi. 

 E ei taua po ra, e haere ai hoe 

 taata e hio i te rau Ti, ia 

 i te oia i te rau Ti i te hauti 

 raa mai te hauti ie te matai 

 rahi ra, te o reira te rao- 

 ere Ti e ofati mai, e tau 

 mau rauti ra te afai hia i 

 te mahana e haere ai te taa- 

 ta na roto i taua umu ra e 

 i te hora maha i te popoi 

 na e tutui hia'i taua umu 

 ra. 

 Ia ama taua umu ra, e ia puai 



This is the word of the oven 



of Tupua. 

 This is the way he did that 

 thing. He cut three fath- 

 oms of wood. The oven 

 was three fathoms long and 

 three wide. Heap up the 

 wood the first day, and 

 carry by sea the stones for 

 the oven. 

 Do not take the stones of the 

 marae, for the marae re- 

 ceives the evil spirits, the 

 spirit of the god of the 

 night. 

 The first night of the cere- 

 mony, the sorcerers of 

 Raiatea, Tupua and his 

 kind, march around the 

 oven. They seek the spirits 

 of the men of the night, and 

 they go about the oven, but 

 they do not light the fire. 

 That same night one goes to 

 find the sacred leaves of the 

 ii. He takes the leaves 

 that float in the wind ; those 

 called raoere ti, and which 

 are used as medicine. He 

 gathers the leaves and car- 

 ries them to the oven. 

 The fire is lighted at four of 

 the morning. When the 



