The ritual was an annual competition to collect the first Sooty Tern (manu tara) egg of the season from the islet of Motu Nui, swim back to Rapa Nui and climb the sea cliff of Rano Kau to the clifftop village of Orongo.
Manu Chao | Manu Dibango | Manu Ginóbili | Manu | Manu'a | Manu Katché | Manu Feildel | Manu Sharma | Manu-L | Manu Katche | Manu'a Islands | Manu Tuiasosopo | Manú Province | Manu (Hinduism) | Treaty of Cession of Manu'a | Tanu Weds Manu | Tangata manu | Manu River, Tripura | Manu Narayan | Manu Korovulavula | Manu Herbstein | Manu Guix |
This is anachronistically combined with other Easter Island traditions, in particular the race for the Sooty Tern's egg in the Birdman Cult.