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'Cultural rights are human rights too': Kiribati gesture of welcome must be understood from the island's perspective | Katerina Teaiwa and Marita Davies
i-Kiribati writers say the media frenzy over the image of Tang Songgen walking on men’s backs diminishes local customs and culture
www.theguardian.com
In the grainy picture, the Chinese ambassador to Kiribati was being welcomed onto the atoll island of Marakei. A row of young men lay face-down on the ground, their backs forming a path for the ambassador and his colleagues to walk across as they disembarked from a plane.
A video shared on Facebook showed that as the ambassador got close to the end of the line, young men ran eagerly to join and extend the row further. The mood was celebratory.
Some chink ambassador visits the island of Kiribati and the men line up on the ground in front of the plane to allow the chink ambassador to walk over their backs. Apparently it's the Kiribati tradition to do this.
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