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    The Wider Image: At Tahiti’s Games site, Polynesians fight for

    Manakei waits for a wave as he surfs at a local beach in Papara, Tahiti, July 24, 2024. The Polynesian Triangle encompasses some 10 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, with its people, who trace their lineage back to a spiritual homeland, closely connected by language, culture and their intimate knowledge of the moana, the ocean. "Only kings were able to surf here before," said local Tereva David, 35. "For us, surfing is sacred, it's the culture - like dancing, like canoe paddling, like singing, like making food for everybody." REUTERS/Carlos Barria
    The Wider Image: At Tahiti’s Games site, Polynesians fight for

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