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Atiuans trace their ancestry from Tangaroa, the principal god of Atiu and universally recognised in Polynesia as tutelary God of the Sea.
The ancient name of the island was Enuamanu, meaning the island of insects and animals, although there is some dispute over whether ' animals ' includes ' insects '.
The Atiuans call themselves ' worms of Enuamanu ' because they were born on Atiu and hope to be buried there.
There was once a custom on Atiu similar to that of New Zealand Maori of burying a newborn child's placenta under a newly planted tree.
" The Atiuans were a fierce, warrior people and before the arrival of the missionaries busied themselves with making war on their neighbors on Mauke and Mitiaro, slaughtering and eating significant numbers of them.
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