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From birth to death in the Gilbert Islandsarticle 1921 • Grimble, Arthur
Kiribati • Oceania > Micronesia
This document broadly reconstructs aspects of major Kiribati rites of passages celebrated prior to the arrival of European residents. The focus is on the content of religious rituals and organized ceremonials related to birth, adoption, adulthood, ma...Tungaru traditionsBook 1989 • Grimble, Arthur & Maude, H. E. (Henry Evans)
Kiribati • Oceania > Micronesia
This document provides the earliest systematic description of traditional Kiribati culture and social organization, as observed in the years immediately prior to and following the advent of British colonial rule early in the twentieth century. Additi...