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The culture of the Cook Islands reflects the traditions of its fifteen islands as a Polynesian island country, spread over 1,800,000 square kilometres (690,000 sq mi) in the South Pacific Ocean. The traditions are based on the influences of those who settled the Cook Islands over many centuries.
The Cook Islands, a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand, [3] [4] demonstrates a unique governance framework shaped by its history, culture, and political evolution. The country has navigated a transition from traditional leadership to colonial administration and, ultimately, to self-governance.
In 1828, the London Missionary Society constructed a church in that location that is the oldest church in the Cook Islands. [11] The Society established the Cook Islands LMS Church in 1852; [12] in 1968 the church was renamed the Cook Islands Christian Church and made autonomous by the Cook Islands Christian Church Incorporation Act. [13]
In Cook Islands creation myth, the universe was conceived of as being like the hollow of a vast coconut shell, the interior of this imaginary shell being Avaiki, the under world, and the outer side of the shell as the upper world of mortals. At various depths there are floors of different levels, or lands, which communicate with each other.
The Cook Islands (Rarotongan: Kūki ‘Airani; [6] Penrhyn: Kūki Airani [7]) is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately 236.7 square kilometres (91 sq mi).
Cultural organisations based in the Cook Islands (1 C, 1 P) R. Religion in the Cook Islands (6 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Culture of the Cook Islands"
Wood carving is a common art form in the Cook Islands.Sculpture in stone is much rarer although there are some excellent carvings in basalt by Mike Tavioni.The proximity of islands in the southern group helped produce a homogeneous style of carving but which had special developments in each island.
Taputapuātea, an ancient marae constructed of stone on Ra'iātea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia, restored in 1994. A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malaʻe (in Tongan), meʻae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies.