Regional/Cultural Day
Angam Day (First)
In 1932, the Nauruan population hit 1,500 : the number elders had calculated was the minimum for the race's survival. The population had collapsed to 1,068 after disease and colonial exploitation. When a baby girl named Eidagaruwo pushed the number past 1,500, the island celebrated like it had won a war. In a sense, it had. The word "angam" means "celebration" and "homecoming" : both at once.
