Editing Nauru (section)

== Culture ==
{{Main|Culture of Nauru|Music of Nauru|Nauruan cuisine}}
[[File:Living on a Blue Planet - Nauru.jpg|thumb|Anibare Bay]]
[[Angam Day]], held on 26 October, celebrates the recovery of the Nauruan population after the two world wars and the [[Spanish flu|1920 influenza epidemic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.int/nauru/angumday.html |accessdate=19 June 2012 |publisher=[[United Nations]] |title=Nauru Celebrates Angam Day |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021183752/http://www.un.int/nauru/angumday.html |archivedate=21 October 2004}}</ref> Colonial and contemporary Western influence has largely displaced the indigenous culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawanddevelopment.org/docs/nauru.pdf |accessdate=19 June 2012 |title=Nauru: an environment destroyed and international law |author=Nazzal, Mary |date=April 2005 |publisher=lawanddevelopment.org |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019152613/http://www.lawanddevelopment.org/docs/nauru.pdf |archivedate=19 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Few older customs have been preserved, but some forms of traditional music, arts and crafts, and fishing are still practised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.republicofnauru.com/2012/06/culture-of-nauru.html |accessdate=19 June 2012 |title=Culture of Nauru |publisher=Republic of Nauru |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130104134932/http://www.republicofnauru.com/2012/06/culture-of-nauru.html |archivedate=4 January 2013}}</ref>

===Music===
Nauruan folk songs existed as of 1970,<ref>{{cite book |last= Viviani |first= Nancy |date= 1970 |title= Nauru: Phosphate and Political Progress |url= https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114914/2/b11197110.pdf |location= [[Canberra]] |publisher= [[ANU Press]] |page= 158 |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 29 January 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200129233650/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/114914/2/b11197110.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref> while ''Oh Bwio Eben Bwio'' is a noticeable folk song.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=4338 |title= Songs & Rhymes From Nauru |author= <!--Not stated--> |website= Mama Lisa's World |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 8 May 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230508212948/https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=4338 |url-status= live }}</ref> While the traditional culture rapidly gives way to the contemporary, as elsewhere in Micronesia, music and dance are still some of the most popular art forms. Rhythmic singing and traditional ''reigen''{{#tag:ref|Indirectly influenced by German colonialism, [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reigen reigen] in this cultural context is a German word that implies styles of circular-moving dances in Nauru's historical past, implying that historical Nauruan traditional dances tend to be informal.<ref>{{cite book |last= Fabricius |first= Wilhelm |author-link=  |date= 1992 |title= Nauru: 1888–1900: An account in German and English based on official records of the Colonial Section of the German Foreign Office held by the Deutsches Zentralarchiv in Potsdam. |url= https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/132630/1/JPH_Nauru.pdf |location= [[Canberra]] |publisher= [[Australian National University]] |page= 271 |isbn= 978-0731513673 |quote= The Nauruan dances which I have seen are not notable for their wealth of distinct figures. They are accompanied by singing and consist in tripping to and fro, swaying the body, slapping the thighs and chest and making turns. |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 27 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230327135944/https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/132630/1/JPH_Nauru.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>|group=n}} are performed particularly at celebrations. At least, a historical form of a Nauruan dance called ''fish dance'' in English was recorded in a form of photographs.<ref>{{cite book |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2014 |title= Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lOqmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |location= [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] |publisher= [[Cambridge Scholars Publishing]] |page= 159 |isbn= 978-1443871006 |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240418040949/https://books.google.com/books?id=lOqmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Oates |first= John F. |date= 1999-10-19 |title= Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest: How Conservation Strategies are Failing in West Africa |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=x2GZH7mssNcC&pg=PR11 |location= [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] |publisher= [[University of California Press]] |page= XI |isbn= 978-0520222526 |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240418041010/https://books.google.com/books?id=x2GZH7mssNcC&pg=PR11 |url-status= live }}</ref> Known contemporary dances are the frigate bird dance and the dogoropa.<ref>{{cite book |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2017 |title= The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Australia and the Pacific Islands Vol.9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HB03DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT450 |location= [[Milton Park]] |publisher= [[Taylor & Francis]] |page= 450 |isbn= 978-1351544320 |quote= At the Pacific Festival of Arts in 1985 and 1988, sixth-graders at the Nauru Primary School presented the frigate bird (''iti''), a Nauruan dance. The students practiced daily for two months. The boys clapped and sang while the girls danced, por-traying te birds' flight and perching.... In 1994, at the Children's Convention in Fukuoka, Japan, ten eleven-year-old boys and girls from Nauru performed the ''dogoropa'', a dance with sticks, which men and women from Nauru had performed at the Festival of Arts in 1980. |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240418041011/https://books.google.com/books?id=HB03DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT450 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://2012expo.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/d-5-lets-meet-the-world-nauru/ |title= Let's Meet the World: Nauru |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 2012-08-07 |website=  |publisher= Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea |access-date= 18 April 2024 |archive-date= 27 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230327141618/https://2012expo.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/d-5-lets-meet-the-world-nauru/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

The [[national anthem]] of Nauru is "[[Nauru Bwiema]]" ("Song of Nauru").<ref>{{Cite web |title=National anthem – The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/national-anthem |access-date=2024-02-06 |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319002941/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/national-anthem |url-status=live }}</ref>  [[Margaret Hendrie]] wrote the words; [[Laurence Henry Hicks]] composed the music.

=== Media ===
{{main|Mass media in Nauru}}
There are no daily news publications on Nauru, although there is one fortnightly publication, ''Mwinen Ko''. There is a state-owned television station, [[Nauru Television]] (NTV), which broadcasts programs from New Zealand and Australia, and a state-owned non-commercial radio station, [[Radio Nauru]], which carries programs from [[Radio Australia]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[BBC News Online]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1134221.stm |title=Country Profile: Nauru |accessdate=2 May 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615205745/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1134221.stm |archivedate=15 June 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
[[File:Linkbelt1999-Finalspiel.jpg|thumb|[[Australian rules football]], played at [[Linkbelt Oval]]]]

[[Australian rules football]] is the most popular sport in Nauru; it is considered the country's national team sport. There is an [[Australian rules football in Nauru|Australian rules football league]] with eight teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/development/international/internationalleagues/nauru/tabid/10343/default.aspx |accessdate=19 June 2012 |title=Nauru Australian Football Association |publisher=Australian Football League |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231192459/http://www.afl.com.au/development/international/internationalleagues/nauru/tabid/10343/default.aspx |archivedate=31 December 2008}}</ref> Nauru has several [[Nauru national Australian rules football team|national Australian rules teams]] that consistently rank among the top eight teams in the world.<ref name="AFL Nauru">{{cite web |title=AFL Nauru |url=https://www.aflq.com.au/afl-nauru/ |publisher=AFL Queensland |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>

Other sports popular in Nauru include [[weightlifting]] (considered a national pastime), [[volleyball]], [[netball]], [[recreational fishing|fishing]] and [[tennis]]. Nauru participates in the Commonwealth Games and [[Nauru at the Olympics|has participated in the Summer Olympic Games]] in weightlifting and [[judo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3847-0-0-0&sID=172619 |accessdate=20 June 2012 |publisher=Nauru Olympic Committee |title=Nauru Olympic Committee History |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726171226/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3847-0-0-0&sID=172619 |archivedate=26 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Nauru national basketball team|Nauru's national basketball team]] competed at the [[Basketball at the 1969 South Pacific Games|1969 Pacific Games]], where it defeated [[Solomon Islands national basketball team|Solomon Islands]] and [[Fiji national basketball team|Fiji]].

[[Rugby union in Nauru]] has a growing following. The [[Nauru national rugby sevens team]] made its international debut at the [[2015 Pacific Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/278288/sport-nauru-7s-team-to-make-international-debut |title=Sport: Nauru 7s team to make international debut |website=Radio New Zealand |date=8 July 2015 |accessdate=10 July 2015 |archive-date=30 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430215036/http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/278288/sport-nauru-7s-team-to-make-international-debut |url-status=live }}</ref> Nauru competed in the [[2015 Oceania Sevens Championship]] in New Zealand.

[[Soccer in Nauru]] is a minor sport which has long been dormant in due to the popularity of Australian rules and rugby; however, a [[Nauru national soccer team]] was in formation as of 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Kitson: Former Reading forward set to manage Nauru in first international match|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68658309/|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=29 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329131428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68658309|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Kitson to coach Nauru football team – a team that doesn't exist yet|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/dave-kitson-to-coach-nauru-football-team-a-team-that-doesnt-exist-yet/NQ2ERJBZ6ZHZHO432MTBTCJYW4/|work=NZ Herald|access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416190332/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/dave-kitson-to-coach-nauru-football-team-a-team-that-doesnt-exist-yet/NQ2ERJBZ6ZHZHO432MTBTCJYW4/|url-status=live}}</ref>