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Emmanuel Macron, first president to visit the Marquesas, candidates for Unesco
July 27, 2021 by archyde
French President Emmanuel Macron in Manihi, in the Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia, July 26, 2021. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
Emmanuel Macron announced, Monday, July 26, his support for the candidature of the Marquesas for Unesco World Heritage, to mark the first visit of a President of the Republic to this archipelago of French Polynesia.
For this occasion, the Marquesans offered Sunday evening (Monday morning in Paris) a rare show to the Head of State with a traditional ceremony of 600 dancers and musicians from the six Marquesan islands, dressed in vegetable outfits made from auti, tapered leaves. The only man in a suit in the middle of the Atuona stadium, the main town of Hiva Oa, Emmanuel Macron was greeted by riders in combat gear and by a vibrant Mave Mai, a song recited by a soloist.