Angam Day
Angam Day is the name of a Bank holiday celebrated each October 26th in the République of Nauru. It commemorates the date where the island reached for the first time since its Colonisation a population of: 1500 inhabitants. Angam is a term Nauruan meaning “jubilee”, “commemoration”, “to have triumphed over all the difficulties”, “to have achieved a common goal” or “return to oneself”.
Origin
After the First World War, the colony of Nauru is confiscated with the German by the Alliés and is entrusted to the Australia under the terms of the treated of Versailles. The island leaves then a epidemic of influenza which reduced in a drastic way its population. Eidegenegen Eidagaruwo will belong to the victims of the Malnutrition and the epidemics. One counts also more than 200 dead among the people remained in Nauru. The number of Nauruans passes by again thus below the bar: 1500 individuals, falling from: 1848 inhabitants in 1940 with: 1369 inhabitants in 1946. A new race with the Angam Baby is then launched
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