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destination l la legende raconte que sept freres dominaient le grand pacifique. «iro i te pu manatu», regnait sur rurutu. il decida de nommer les monts de l ile en lancant ses lances a partir du village d avera. sur le premier mont, aucune ne se planta, il le nomma teape «montagne de l erreur», sur le second, il en trouva plusieurs. il les lia entre elles et appela le mont taatioe «attachees ensemble». sur le troisieme, il trouva un oiseau mais au moment ou il voulut reprendre sa lance, il s envola ; le mont deviendra alors le manureva «l oiseau qui s envole». pensant avoir termine sa recherche, le prochain mont qu il rencontra il le nomma erai «fin». puis, la nuit tombant, il eut besoin de lumiere, naturellement il appela le mont sur lequel il etait taurama «ma torche». telle est l histoire des cinq monts de rurutu. le chemin qui parcoure leurs cretes devoile les beautes de l ile. les paysages varies temoignent de l activite geologique de rurutu. de hautes falaises bordent l ocean. elles abritent de nombreuses grottes plus spectaculaires les unes que les autres ou stalactites et stalagmites se deploient dans tous les sens. elles ont servi d abris aux premiers habitants de l ile, arrives de tahiti vers l an 900 et sont le theatre de nombreuses legendes ou se cotoient culte ancien, roi cannibale et tresor cache. legend tells that seven brothers ruled the great pacific. iro i te pu manatu reigned over rurutu. he decided to name the island s mountains by throwing his lances from the village of avera. none reached the first mountain, so he named it teape, the mount of mistake ; several reached the second mountain, so he named that one taatioe, bound together on the third . one he found a bird, but when he reached for his lance the bird took flight : the mountain became manureva, the flying bird thinking his task was completed, he named the next . mountain erai, the end then, as night was falling he needed . some lighting, and naturally called the mountain he was standing on taurama, my torch this is the story of the five . mountains of rurutu. the path that climbs up their ridges reveals the beauty of the island. diverse landscapes bear witness to rurutu s geological activity. high cliffs fringe the ocean. they hold many caves, each more spectacular than the next, where stalagmites and stalactites grow. the caves sheltered the island s first inhabitants, who arrived from tahiti around 900 ad, and they are the stage set of many legends mixing ancient cults, cannibal king and hidden treasure. > grottes de ana aeo pointe arei r e v u e d e b o r d n ° 5 1 / a i r ta h i t i / o n - b o a r d m a g a z i n e n ° 5 1 13
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