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"Community Consensus"

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Tuvaluan culture is very tight knit. It has community traditions that are the glue that keep it all together. Community and sharing is what they thrive on and it is their lifestyle. They are all seen as one big family. There traditions brought down through generations are what makes this culture so special in it's own way.

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Languages - English and Tuvaluan
Religion - Christianity (they gather at the Church of Tuvalu)

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* Feasts, feature traditional dancing and music are held at Maneapas (meeting houses) which are the focal points of the community
* The national celebration is Independence day on October 1st, which celebrates the independence from the UK.

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* Over half of the population resides on the atoll of Funafuti, the capital
* Motorcycles/mopeds are very common transportation.
* Tuvalu has very communal living
* There is only one radio station, and television from satellite requires a subscription

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PLACE -  Country in the west central pacific ocean

REGION - Oceanic Region - (Polynesia)

SCALE - The culture is very local and very unique to them. They live a very simple lifestyle with very little mainland amenities.

SPACE - Tuvalu is roughly 5000 km away from Australia

Connection/movement - Motorcycles are the way of transportation around the island.

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Toponym - Funafuti

Cultural Trait - Limited Ammenetis

Cultural Complex - Community consensus

Language Branch  - Nui was the original language, now it is Tuvulan, but English is taught and widely used now

Language Family - Nui (Proto- language),  English (living language)

Dialect  - Nui was used mainly the Micronesians in the prehistoric time

Assimilation - Tuvaluan people have slightly modernized their culture, but have maintained most of their core values
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu

https://www.jasons.com/tuvalu/culture-of-tuvalu/

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tuvalu/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODuEl4oNae0

https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuvalu