Draft:Eamwit

Eamwit
Size:3,052 People as of 2021 Census
Location:Nauru
Origin:Buada District, Nauru

The Eamwit are a tribe in Nauru, an island country in the Pacific Ocean with around 13,000 people.[1] Nauruans belong to 12 different tribes, and each had its own chief. However, around the mid-19th century, they changed to a system of having a single chief of the island. [2] The people are believed to be of Micronesian, Polynesian, and Melanesian descent.[3]

The Eamwits' emblem is the snake or eel, and they are known for being sly.[2] As of 2017, they have the second largest population of any of the tribes, at 3052, behind only the Iruwa.[4] The complete attire for a Eamwit tribal costume is called an ekirira. The Eamwits originated in Buada district. The other tribes of Nauru are the Eamwitmwit, the Eaoru, the Eamwidara, the Iruwa, the Eano, the Iwi and Irutsi (who are both extinct), the Deiboe, the Ranibok, the Emea, and the Emeangum.[2]. The 12 tribes are honored on Ibumin Earoeni, the Day of the Tribes, and by the 12 pointed star on Nauru's flag.


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