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	Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
		Kiribati was inhabited by a single Micronesian ethnic group that spoke the same Oceanic language for 2,000 years before coming into contact with Europeans.
		Kiribati's 1995 act of moving the international date line far to the east to encompass Kiribati's Line Islands group, so that it would no longer be divided by the date line, courted controversy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiribati (1693 words)

	Music of Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiribati is a Micronesian country in the Pacific Ocean.
		Kiribati folk music is generally based around chanting or other forms of vocalizing, accompanied by body percussion.
		Public performances in modern Kiribati are generally performed by a seated chorus, accompanied by a guitar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Kiribati (370 words)

	Micronesian music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Micronesian music is influential to those living in the Micronesian islands.
		The music is based around mythology and ancient Micronesian rituals.
		Traditional beliefs suggest that the music can be presented to people in dreams and trances, rather than being written by composers themselves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Micronesian_music (126 words)

	World music
		World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream pop music or classical music and has some kind of "ethnic" component.
		The connotation of the term is pop music from the third world, European pop music that uses influences from the third world, and traditional music especially but not only from the third world.
		Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/World_music.html (123 words)

	Kiribati - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In 1943, the Battle of Tarawa was fought at Kiribati's capital Bairiki on Tarawa atoll.
		The Parliament of Kiribati, called the Maneaba ni Maungatabu, is elected every four years, and consists of 40 elected representatives, together with the Attorney-General and a representative of the Banaban community from Rabi island in Fiji.
		The name of the people is Gilbertese (or I-Kiribati, in Gilbertese).While English is the constitution's and law's language, Kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kiribati (1109 words)

	Music from Kiribati - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		Europeans arrived relatively late—in 1892—in the Micronesian country of Kiribati, so aspects of native culture have survived to a greater extent than in other parts of Oceania.
		Thought to be descended from southeast Asians, the Kiribati have no instruments that would link their music to Asia.
		Their music has a vocal focus with chanting accompanied by stamping and body percussion.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461524732/Music_from_Kiribati.html (116 words)

	Kiribati Traditional Music
		Music can be heard in the early morning, while the toddy cutters are at work until late at night to the accompaniment of the traditional dance.
		Composing of traditional music follow a complicated process which is undertaken seriously and methodically and involves a considerable amount of ritualism and magic.
		The next step is the selection of the appropriate musical notes and a tune is developed which is refined by constant repetition until the composer is happy with the newly created song.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_music/index.htm (904 words)

	ipedia.com: Kiribati Article
		In 1978, the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of Tuvalu, followed by Kiribati independence in 1979, July 12th.
		Main article: Demographics of Kiribati The name of the people is Gilbertese (or I-Kiribati, in gilbertese).
		While English is the constitution's and law's language, kiribati or Gilbertese, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.ipedia.com /kiribati.html (850 words)

	Kiribati Article, Kiribati Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation locatedin the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
		Its name is pronounced /kiribas/ and is a Micronesian transliteration of "Gilberts", the English name for the main group of islands: theformer Gilbert Islands.
		Foreign financial aid, largely from the United Kingdom and Japan, is a critical supplement to GDP, equal to25%-50% of GDP in recent years.
	www.anoca.org /islands/island/kiribati.html (703 words)

	Wikinfo \| Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
		Because Banaba was devastated by phosphate mining, the vast majority of Banabans moved to the island of Rabi in the Fiji Islands in the 1940s.
		The Kiribati Government has responded by including several special provisions in the Constitution, such as the designation of a Banaban seat in the legislature and the return of land previously acquired by the government for phosphate mining.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Kiribati (563 words)

	South Pacific islands - music of Oceania
		Bamboo band music was invented in the Western Solomons in the 1920s.
		Music from Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
		Music from Rabi, the new home of the Micronesian Banabans of Ocean Island.
	www.southpacific.org /music.html (666 words)

	Kiribati
		The islands were named the Gilbert Islands in 1820 by an Estonian admiral, Adam von Krusenstern, and French captain Louis Duperrey, after a British captain, Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788 ('Kiribati' is the islanders' pronunciation of plural 'Gilberts').
		In 1943, the Battle of Tarawa was fought at Kiribati's capital Tarawa.
		Main article: Culture of Kiribati There is a great importance of the songs (te anene) and above all of the dances (te mwaie).
	creekin.net /n96-kiribati.html (761 words)

	Micronesia Music Radio
		Music is a language that reminds us of memorable moments in our lives.
		This early music was very fundamental although some islands did use flutes and drums to accompany their singing.
		, gospel music, the day-to-day music including songs about the beauty of the sunrise, the sunset, the islands and the people, not to mention the uniquely beautiful love songs with their haunting lyrics and melodies.
	www.pacificislandsradio.com /micronesia_music_radio/index.htm (443 words)

	Music 4 Games -- The Future of Rock n' Roll & Interactive Entertainment. Est. 1999.
		Martin O'Donnell: Every piece of music in Volume Two was used in Halo 2 somewhere, and all of the music was written by Mike Salvatori and myself.
		I also believe that good music will bring people to deeper emotional levels, give them context for the time they spend playing the game, and will stay with them long after they've finished playing.
		For me the solution is to write lots of different kinds of music and to make certain that memorable music is not over-used.
	www.music4games.net /Features_Display.aspx?id=45 (1212 words)

	Republic of Kiribati Web Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		It may be of interest to the people of Kiribati on this special occasion and also to our many Micronesian friends along with Pacific Islanders and the many friends of Micronesia worldwide.
		In Kiribati, the anthology would be available each Saturday afternoon at 2 pm.
		With no written language, the traditional music of Micronesia encompasses the rich tapestry of tradition, spiritualism and culture of the Micronesian people.
	pub46.bravenet.com /forum/3908891037/fetch/580715 (383 words)

	Kiribati - Gurupedia
		Tuvalu, followed by Kiribati independence in 1979, July 12th.
		Japan, is a critical supplement to GDP, equal to 25%-50% of GDP in recent years.
		English is the constitution's and laws' language, kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.gurupedia.com /k/ki/kiribati.htm (696 words)

	Living on Earth: Early Signs: Water Disappearing
		I-Kiribati from across the islands are already complaining of these problems.
		MacKenzie, who directs the Kiribati branch of the University of the South Pacific, says that there is little that can be done to stop his nation from getting washed away.
		For countries like Kiribati is that we may have already gone well beyond adaptation.
	www.loe.org /shows/segments.htm?programID=06-P13-00015&segmentID=7 (2235 words)

	Kiribati - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		}} The Republic of Kiribati Template:IPA is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
		Its name is pronounced Template:IPA and is a Kiribati language rendering of "Gilberts", the English name for the main group of islands: the former Gilbert Islands.
		Three additional islands were once United States possessions but the US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Kiribati (1039 words)

	Music Scholarship - Information
		Events Popular Classical Music Symphony no Category:1794 Music Category:Years in Indeterminate was a of pioneered by involves in which the may consist Stochastic and aleatoric.
		Abstract has been electronic such as techno music techno, glitch glitch and ambient ambient that sampling sampling and culture of Sweden Category:Nordic Category:Western European Category:Music by Maltese today is western western, Maltese includes what guitar while two Maltese is folk music with emphasis band music is also Category:Maltese scholarship music scholarship.
		Micronesian music Music of Guam Guam Music of Kiribati Kiribati of the Islands of the Federation Music of Nauru Nauru of the Islands of Palau of which originated food, and dance.
	www.freewebs.com /information24/music-scholarship.html (284 words)

	Kiribati
		Formerly part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Kiribati became independent in 1979, while I was there on leave for a year from my graduate studies at the University of Hawaii, doing linguistic research for the Kiribati Peace Corps Language Handbook.
		Kiribati and Tuvalu Association, "official website of the Kiribati and Tuvalu Association of the UK and the Republic of Ireland."
		Kiribati Telecommunications Kiribati homepage by the ISP TSKL.
	www.trussel.com /f_kir.htm#Gil (879 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Kiribati, like New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Katrina, or the midwestern states hit by storms, or the Caribbean countries battered by increasing hurricanes, or the slowly disappearing coastline of Bangladesh, or the creeping...
		A boy scavenges for saleable items at Red Beach dump on Tarawa Kiribati Monday is Memorial Day in the United States a holiday set aside to honor the nation's war dead.
		It is thus only a matter of time before the arable land becomes subject to increased soil salination and the nation is largely submerged.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/kiribati (1297 words)

	Kiribati: Marketplace on the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		This book tells the story of those Pacific Islands which now form the Republic of Kiribati, part of the huge archipelago of tiny gem-like islands and atolls known as Micronesia, covering approximately half of the Central Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Hawaii.
		During WWII Kiribati was part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		From the arrival of people of German descent who were fleeing from a harsh Japanese rule in Micronesia between the wars, it moves to the early days of the war, of coast-watching and German raiders, in addition to dealing with the periods of Japanese and American occupations.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/marketplace.html (572 words)

	Music Magazines
		Ambient, jazz, classical, world music, fusion, new age, and acoustic music with reviews, features and news.
		Devoted to new age, avant-garde, and alternative music.
		Presents music news around the clock, reviews from around the world, interviews, and a concert guide.
	www.world-newspapers.com /music.html (181 words)

	Live365 Internet Radio - Broadcaster Profile for janeresture
		He is from the Rupublic of Kiribati and draws his material from a wide spectrum of Kiribati music.
		Xavier X. Fethal is an amazing and very talented artist whose music transcends all boundaries in his contemporary interpretations of the beautiful music of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
		This is absorbing music featuring instruments and songs of the South Pacific augmented by washes of guitar and treated with studio effects.
	www.live365.com /profiles/237745 (675 words)

	Kiribati - Gilbert Islands - Micronesia -
		The independent republic of Kiribati consists of a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean straddling the equator, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.
		Formerly part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of Tuvalu in 1978, the Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.
		Note: on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory lies in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (GMT +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction lie on the other side of the International Date Line.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/kiribati.htm (616 words)

	Salem Music - www.salem-music.com by Todd Anders Johnson
		Salem music is an amalgamation of funk, hip-hop, jazz, and Afro-Cuban idioms.
		Salem not only represents the musical voice and diverse perspectives of composer, Todd Anders Johnson, but also integrates active pursuits in the processes of social change.
		From Seattle, these creative fellows weave together everything from classical music to Afro-Cuban rhythms to jazz and even a hint of lounge and R&B. Fans of alternative hip hop and urban representation need to do their sweet selves a big favor and give Selected a long listen.
	salem-music.com (998 words)

	Sony Music USA
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	www.sonymusic.com /join (337 words)

	What's New at Trussel's EclectiCity
		At the Kiribati page, Two long, full-text documents on the Morning Stars, the 19th-century Pacific missionary ships: Hiram Bingham Jr.'s 1866 "Story of the Morning Star" (along with the 1883 Sequel), with all the original prints, and Albert Baker's 1942 "Morning Stars and Missionary Packet" survey article.
		Kiribati: A new edition of the Kiribati Bibliography is online, updated through 1996, with smaller files, title index, topic index.../ WebCounter: 81,000+.
		Kiribati: Part IV of Robert Louis Stevenson's "In the South Seas": The Gilberts - Apemama.
	www.trussel.com /f_new.htm (2485 words)

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