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bubuti system

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someone can walk up to you and say I bubuti you for your flipflops, and without a peep of complaint you are obliged to hand over your flipflops. The following day, you can go up to the guy who is now wearing your flipflops and say I bubuti you for your fishing net, and suddenly you have a new fishing net. In such a way, Kiribati remains profoundly egalitarian.

J. Maarten Troost. The Sex Lives of Cannibals, p.95 (2004)
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Stealing, I was told, was a major offense in I-Kiribati culture. I could see why. There is absolutely no good reason for stealing in Kiribati. This is because of the bubuti system.

J. Maarten Troost. The Sex Lives of Cannibals, pp.94-5 (2004)
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