Orders, Decorations, And Medals Of Kiribati
The honours system of Kiribati was established by the Kiribati National Honours and Awards Act 1989. This act created a system of awards to recognize exemplary, meritorious or distinguished service, "in, for, or to Kiribati". The awards are divided into two categories, civil and disciplined forces. Awards are conferred by the Beretitenti, upon the advice of the Cabinet of Kiribati, Cabinet. The awards are as follows in their order of precedence: Civil category; * Kiribati Grand Order (K.G.O.) (Gilbertese language, Gilbertese: ''Ana Tokabeti Kiribati'' (A.T.K)) * Kiribati National Order (K.N.O) (''Ana Kamoamoa Kiribati'' (A.K.K)) * Kiribati Cross (K.C) (''Ana Kaibangaki N Ninikoria Kiribati'' (A.K.N.K)) * Kiribati Order of Merit (K.O.M) (''Boutokan Toronibwain Kiribati'' (B.T.K)) Disciplined forces category; * Meritorious Service Award (Kiribati), Meritorious Service Award (M.S.A) (''Raoiroin Rakan Te Mwakuri'' (R.R.M)) * Kiribati Long Service and Good Conduct Award (K.L.S.G.C.A) ...
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Honours System
An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic house or organisation to a person, typically in recognition of individual merit, that often comes with distinctive insignia such as collars, medals, badges, and sashes worn by recipients. Modern honour systems of state orders and dynastic orders emerged from the culture of orders of chivalry of the Middle Ages, which in turn emerged from the Catholic religious orders. Terminology The word order ( la, ordo), in the case referred to in this article, can be traced back to the chivalric orders, including the military orders, which in turn trace the name of their organisation back to that of the Catholic religious orders. Orders began to be created ''ad hoc'' and in a more courtly nature. Some were merely honorary and gradually the ''badges'' of these orders (i.e. the association) began to be known informally as ''orders''. As a result, the modern distinction between ''orders'' and ''decorations'' or ''ins ...
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