Title: Tungaru traditions : writings on the Atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands /
Authors: Grimble, Arthur, 1888-1956.; Maude, H. E. 1906-; University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Ethnology Kiribati; Kiribati Social life and customs.
Contents: Part 1. Notes on Gilbertese culture. Adoption -- Agricultural rituals -- Ancestor cult -- Ancestral lands -- Animals -- Archaeology -- Birth -- Body care and adornment -- Canoes and navigation -- Conveyence and inheritance -- Death -- Gods -- History -- Magic -- The maneaba -- Marriage -- Medical practices -- Names -- Relationships -- Social and political organization -- Sorcery -- Tinaba and Eiriki -- Part 2. The maneaba. The function of the maeaba in Gilbertese society -- Precedence and privileges of the clans in the maneaba -- Traditional origins of the maneaba -- The clan and the totem -- Part 3. Essays on mythology, history, and dancing. The historical content of gilbertese mythology -- A genealogical approach to Gilbertese history -- A history of Abemama / Airam Teeko -- A discourse on Gilbertese dancing.