🌴🇰🇮 Celebrating Kiribati's 45th Independence Day! 🇰🇮🌴 Happy Independence Day to the beautiful island nation of Kiribati! 🎉🌊 Today marks 45 years of freedom, culture, and resilience. Independence Day, celebrated after Gospel Day and National Culture and Senior Citizens' Day and followed by Kiribati Special Day, marks the nation's independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. This festive day is celebrated with family and friends through banquets, traditional dancing, and music. Notably, K

12 July 1979 42 years after becoming the 41st member of the commonwealth, the Nation of Kiribati celebrates its independence. "Mr. President, ladies, and gentlemen, I am privileged that her majesty the Queen has commanded me to represent her at these independence celebrations. By the general wish of its people, Kiribati has today become a sovereign democratic republic. The responsibility of the Queen and her majesty's government in the United Kingdom for the Gilbert Islands has ended. A new, mor