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Kinikinibua, a traditional ceremony of naming a child in the village of Naqelewai, Nabobuco in Naitasiri.

This ceremony outlines the ways of the vanua on nurturing a child and it expresses its love towards a child. It seeks the blessing of the vanua so that the child may grow to be prosperous.

Kinikinibua, e dua na ivalavala vakavanua ni Vakatokayaca ena vanua o Nabobuco, qo ena koro o Naqelewai, na mataqali o Vatuba.

E matanataki kina na itovo kei na ivalavala vakavanua ni nodra vakamenemenei na gone. E votu kina na loloma vakavanua ena nodra vakamareqeti, maroroi, ka susugi na gone ena kena ivalavala e vakaturaga, e veidokai tale ga, Me sobu na veivakalougataki ni vanua mera na qai tubu, mera dau ni veisosomitaki yaga ena veigauna mai muri.