Today, a quick link to some amazing Bora-Bora photos from L.A. Times photographer Bob Chamberlin who caught both sides of this island : Bora-Bora: Over and under

The Polynesians believed that the souls of men continued to live after the death of the body and had power to aid or injure the families to which they belonged. Departed spirits were thought to be still members of the family or tribe to which they belonged on earth. At some places in Polynesia the spirit of almost every person was represented by a relic which was sacred. Especially the bones of human beings were considered sacred and protected by a tapu to prevent injury to them. They were concealed in caves, hidden away among rocks or in the dense jungles, or placed within inclosures which no one could enter. The burial places of tens of thousands of bodies are no longer known. The head, which was supposed to be the most sacred part of the body, was especially preserved and guarded.