Rimarau Burial Cave


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History


Description

Image: Rimarau Burial Cave.
© George Szentes, with kind permission.

More spectacular is the Rimarau Burial Cave. A narrow shaft leads to a large chamber, where hundreds of human bones can be seen. This cave has provided a final resting place for generations, and it is linked with history and legends from the days when life was very different.


Text from George Szentes (2004): Caves of the Cook Islands, The British Caver Vol. 127 Spring 2005, pp 1-12, 13 color pictures, 1 bw picture, 1 map. With kind permission of the author.


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