KIRIBATI ISLAND

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•  is an island nation in the central tropical Pacific Ocean
• The nation is composed of 32 atolls
• The name Kiribati is the local pronunciation of Gilberts
• ,It got named the Gilbert Islands after the British explorer Thomas Gilbert

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• The Kiribati people were introduced by their burial customs by pagans . 
• Majority of people in Kiribati do a ceremony called the Kiribati Skull Burial
• They leave the body in the house for up to three days, so people can look at it and honor the dead.
• After they polish the skull they will put the skull on top of a shelf for protection.

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•  They will provide food and drink for the skull
• The Kiribati people will rebury the skull with the body again
• The people of Kiribati believe that the soul enters a paradise called Mane.