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Minicoy society and culture and Maldives New Zealand Home majid@maldivesroyalfamily.com Majid's Pages The Government Online The official web site of the Maldives Royal Family www.maldivesroyalfamily.com ** To inspire the future through the treasures and tales of today and yesterday ** The official web site of the Maldives Royal Family www.maldivesroyalfamily.com ** To inspire the future through the treasures and tales of today and yesterday The Maldive Flag Mystery Mal div es R oya l Fa mily Actuality of Monarchy in the 21 st Century Addu/ Suvadives Main Page ... Apology from thief new Bodufenvalhugey Seedi Calendar China and the Maldives Commonwealth and the Maldives ... Maldive Constitution new Maldive History- an outline Maldive Antiquity Maldives Flag Maldives National Security Service ... View A new edition of Xavier Romero-Frias' book Maldive Islanders: A study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom Price: Euro 18 plus postage. Postage is 9 Euro outside of India. Contact NOVA ETHNOGRAPHIA INDICA: ethnoind@hotmail.com Thank you to those of you from the Maldives who enquired about that flag I have been displying in my pages, seen above on the right. The most common query is why I was assigning a Communist flag to the Maldives. I have been expecting these queries and had prepared a response. Here it is.

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Home Add Site Change URL Search A S I A C O , T H E A S I A S E A R C H E N G I N E Maldives Home : Maldives Categories Arts and Humanities Business and Economy Computers and Internet Country Guides ... Travel Malaysia, Singapore. Search Mobile content click here: Sites AdmiNet - Maldives Maldives resources - government, parliament, political organisations, cities and towns, agriculture, finance, law, art and culture, health and etc URL: http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/france/adminet/world/mv/ Destination Maldives Overview of Maldives - environment, history, economy, culture, events, attractions, activities and much more guidence by Lonyly Planet URL: http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/ind/mal.htm Environment Maldives Site maintained by the Environment Section of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Housing and Environment to disseminate information about the functions of the Environment Section, also offering information on the Environmental concerns, the pressures on the environment of maldives and the reponses to it URL: www.environment.gov.mv

44. Maldives Information culture. s Maldivian display the features of various faces that inhabit the landsaround the Indian Ocean shipping and maritime routes, the maldives has long http://www.asia-planet.net/maldives/culture.htm

Introduction Maldives Information Maldives Travel Tips Wonders of Underwater Maldives Information History Geography People Language ... Male the Capital Culture Environment Activities Culture ETHNICITY The origins of the Maldivian people are shrouded in mystery. The First settlers may well have been from Sri Lanka and Southern India. Some say Aryans, who sailed in their reed boats from Lothal in the Indus Valley about 4,000 years ago, probably followed them. Archeological evidence suggests the existence Hinduism and Buddhism before the country embraced Islam in 1153 A.D.Not surprisingly, the faces of today’s Maldivian display the features of various faces that inhabit the lands around the Indian Ocean shipping and maritime routes, the Maldives has long been a melting pot for African, Arab and South East Asian mariners. LANGUAGE The language of the Maldivians is Dhivehi, a language which is placed in the Indro-Indian group of languages. Dhivehi with its roots in Sanskrit and according to some researchers Elu, an ancient form of Sinhala, (spoken in Sri Lanka), is strongly influenced by the major lanuguages of the region. The language has been influenced heavily from Arabic since the advent of the Islam in 1153 and English in more recent times, especially since the introduction of English as a medium of education in the early 1960s.

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Though performances of traditional music and dance are not everyday events, there is a contemporary Divehi culture which is strong and adaptive, despite foreign influences which range from Hindi movies and Oriental martial arts to Michael Jackson and Moslem fundamentalism. Western fashions, pop music and videos are visible in the capital, but on public occasions, like the beginning and end of Ramadan, the celebrations always have a distinctly Maldivian touch. A bodu beru means a big drum, and gives its name to the best known form of traditional music and dance. It's what tourist resorts put on for a local culture night, and it can be quite sophisticated and compelling. Dancers begin with a slow, nonchalant swaying and swinging of the arms, and become more animated as the tempo increases, finishing in a rhythmic frenzy. There are four to six drummers in an ensemble, and the sound has strong African influences. Contemporary local rock bands often perform at resorts where they do credible covers of the usual old favorites. Performing for a local audience they may incorporate elements of bodu beru in their music, with lots of percussion and extended drum solos. Cassettes from local bands are sold in Malé music shops. Fish and rice are the staple foods of Maldivians with meat and chicken eaten only on special occasions. National dishes include fried fish, fish curry and fish soup. Areca nut (an oval nut chewed with betel leaf, cloves and lime) is the equivalent of an after-dinner mint. Alcohol is only available in tourist resorts. The local brew is raa, a sweet and delicious toddy tapped from the crown of the palm trunk. Apart from coconuts, there are very few fruits and vegetables grown on the islands, so most of the food served at tourist resorts is imported.

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Guide : Society and Culture Global Metasearch Any Language English Afrikaans Arabic Bahasa Melayu Belarusian Bulgarian Catala Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Cymraeg Czech Dansk Deutsch Eesti Espanol Euskara Faroese Francais Frysk Galego Greek Hebrew Hrvatski Indonesia Islenska Italiano Japanese Korean Latvian Lietuviu Lingua Latina Magyar Netherlands Norsk Polska Portugues Romana Russian Shqip Slovensko Slovensky Srpski Suomi Svenska Thai Turkce Ukrainian Vietnamese Mode All Words Any Word Phrase Results Timeout Depth Adult Filter Add to Favorites Other Search Web News Newsgroups Images Invisible Web Metasearch UNESCO APC Music Guides Society and Culture ez2Find Home Directory Regional Asia ... Maldives : Society and Culture History Personal Pages Web Sites Dhivehi: A Tutorial [Site Info] [Translate] [Open New Window] An introduction to the language spoken by the natives of Maldives. URL: http://web.bham.ac.uk/eee3mxs1/dhivehi.htm Ethnologue - Maldives [Site Info] [Translate] [Open New Window] Languages of Maldives. URL: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Maldives The Maldive Isles [Site Info] [Translate] [Open New Window] Includes sections on the country's geography, history, economy and tourist industry.

48. 1Up Travel : Maldives - History And Culture Of Maldives. maldives History and culture. History The first settlers were believedto be the Aryans from India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The islands http://www.1uptravel.com/international/asia/maldives/history-culture.html

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49. Maldives - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Demographics. Main article Demographics of the maldives. culture. Main articleculture of the maldives Music of the maldives. Miscellaneous topics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives

Maldives From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Republic of Maldives is a country consisting territorialy of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean , south-southwest of India Republic of Maldives Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa coat of arms (In Detail) (Full size) National motto : Xxxxx Official language Dhivehi Capital Malé Capital's coordinates 3° 15' N, 73° 00' E Largest City Malé President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Area ... km² Negligible Population Density Ranked 167th 1,005/km² GDP (PPP) Year Ranked 183rd $1,250 million Currency Rufiyah (Rf) Time zone UTC Independence 26 July ... National anthem Gavmii mi ekuverikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam (In National Unity Do We Salute Our Nation) Internet TLD .MV Calling Code Table of contents 1 History 2 Politics 3 Atolls 4 Geography ... edit History Main article: History of the Maldives The early history of the Maldives is obscure. According to Maldivian legend, a Sinhalese prince named Koimale was stranded with his bridedaughter of the king of Sri Lanka in a Maldivian lagoon and stayed on to rule as the first sultan. Over the centuries, the islands have been visited and their development influenced by sailors from countries on the

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51. Alt.culture.maldives alt.culture.maldives. hello I am here and therefore I exist And thus, the news group, alt.culture.maldives was created. http://www.mitf.net/index.php/projects/acm/

alt.culture.maldives One day in February of 2000 a single e-mail whizzed past countless computers in the vast abyss of the information super highway..... .... this e-mail carried a single message, it said.... hello... I am here... and therefore I exist... And thus, the news group, alt.culture.maldives was created. And so we venture out and touch the many millions of lives that live huddled in the corners of the notorious Usenet. We bring to them our culture, the Maldivian culture. alt stands for Anarchists, Lunatics and Terrorists... a very fuzzy bunch of people. Our newsgroup lies somewhere within all that, we are in the cultural section of the infamous alt hierarchy. There is one other place we could exist , but for now we would like to be here. True, it is a scary place, but every scary place has it's merits. The alt.culture.maldives (or simple-case acm for short), is the only one of it's kind. Well, that is a bit of a lie. There exists another , though it would be very hard to find where it exists. Why all the fuss? One might wonder.... Well, it just so happens that being on acm makes us very unique. Trust me on this. I mean I could go on and on... about acm..., but I've got a feeling that you'd rather have me jump to the juicy bit about how you can read this newsgroup. Right? Ok, since you don't have an appeal for the arts, I would without future ado reveal the hidden secrets and mantras that you have to recite before you get admitted to the acm.

52. Orphaned Projects : Soc.culture.maldives Orphaned Projects soc.culture.maldives. It would be revived when thetime is right Hello and welcome to the soc.culture.maldives effort. http://www.mitf.net/index.php/projects/scm/

Orphaned Projects : soc.culture.maldives Note: The following project is still orphaned. It would be revived when the time is right Hello and welcome to the soc.culture.maldives effort. Our mission is to create the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.maldives. This is the second time that we have come forward to propose such a newsgroup. Our first attempt was in 1996, when it was found that not many Maldivians visited the net or joined in online discussions. During the last 2-3 years we have seen a large influx of Maldivians on the net, from every walk, age and social background. Thus we feel that it is time for Maldivians to join the Usenet elite and embrace soc.culture.maldives as our home for the future. Due the nature of our endevour we have created a mailing list purely devoted to this conversation. You can view the conversation going on in our list by following the URL given below. SCM Archives If you like the conversation on our list, your more than welcome to join us and help our effort to create this newsgroup. The more help we get, the faster we would be able to get this newsgroup out on the servers. Also this is a great way to learn about the Usenet before we move everything over there. Subscribe to the soc.culture.maldives mailing list

53. The Culture Of The Maldives Islands. Tourist And Travel Information. The culture of the maldives Tourist and travel information. Travelto the maldives with Crown Tours. Though performances of traditional http://www.destinationplanner.com/asia/maldives/culture_maldives.html

The culture of the Maldives - Tourist and travel information Travel to the Maldives with Crown Tours Though performances of traditional music and dance are not everyday events, there is a contemporary Divehi culture which is strong and adaptive, despite foreign influences which range from Hindi movies and Oriental martial arts to Michael Jackson and Muslim fundamentalism. Western fashions, pop music and videos are visible in the capital, but on public occasions, like the beginning and end of Ramadan, the celebrations always have a distinctly Maldivian touch. There are three daily newspapers and several magazines in the unique national language, rock bands who sing Divehi lyrics, and multi-storey buildings which echo the architecture of Maldivian island houses. A bodu beru means a big drum, and gives its name to the best known form of traditional music and dance. It's what tourist resorts put on for a local culture night, and it can be quite sophisticated and compelling. Dancers begin with a slow, nonchalant swaying and swinging of the arms, and become more animated as the tempo increases, finishing in a rhythmic frenzy. There are four to six drummers in an ensemble, and the sound has strong African influences. Contemporary local rock bands often perform at resorts where they do credible covers of the usual old favourites. Performing for a local audience they may incorporate elements of bodu beru in their music, with lots of percussion and extended drum solos. Cassettes from local bands are sold in Malé music shops.

54. Redhotcurry.com - Culture, Detailed Country Profile Of The Maldives - Page 1 culture. culture maldives - Page 1. http://www.redhotcurry.com/culture/maldives_p1.htm

Home Feedback About Us Sitemap ... Email CULTURE Culture Maldives MALDIVES Introduction Destination Facts Economic Profile Environment ... BANGLADESH Hiding behind images of floods is lush Bangladesh INDIA India is the most rewarding drama on earth. MALDIVES More islands than you can shake a stick at in the Maldives NEPAL Nepal PAKISTAN Mind blowing views in modern day Pakistan SRI LANKA The island of many names - Sri Lanka evokes affection. DESTINATION MALDIVES Clear Skies, clear waters and of course more Palm trees. Photograph by Dennis Wisken. Full country name: Republic of Maldives Area: 298 sq km (115 sq mi) Population: Capital city: People: Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African Language: Maldivian Divehi Religion: Sunni Muslim Government: Republic President: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Click here to view a map of The Maldives Click for further information on any of the following: Seenu (Addu Atoll) Resorts Fuamulaku Kudahuvadhoo ... Baa Atoll Maldives Resorts in the Maldives woo tourists with promises of 'the last paradise on earth', and if your idea of paradise is a pristine tropical island with swaying palm trees, pure white beaches and brilliant turquoise lagoons, then the Maldives will not disappoint. It's also a major destination for scuba divers, who come for the fabulous coral reefs and the wealth of marine life. But it's not a place for low budget backpackers or amateur anthropologists who want to travel independently and live as the locals do.

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Home Feedback About Us Sitemap ... Email CULTURE Culture Maldives MALDIVES Introduction Destination Facts Economic Profile Environment ... BANGLADESH Hiding behind images of floods is lush Bangladesh INDIA India is the most rewarding drama on earth. MALDIVES More islands than you can shake a stick at in the Maldives NEPAL Nepal PAKISTAN Mind blowing views in modern day Pakistan SRI LANKA The island of many names - Sri Lanka evokes affection. DESTINATION MALDIVES When the sun sets, the nightlife kicks in on balmy Mali. Photograph by Dennis Wisken Full country name: Republic of Maldives Area: 298 sq km (115 sq mi) Population: Capital city: People: Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African Language: Maldivian Divehi Religion: Sunni Muslim Government: Republic President: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Click here to view a map of The Maldives Click for further information on any of the following: Seenu (Addu Atoll) Resorts Fuamulaku Kudahuvadhoo ... Top Getting Around Air Maldives, the small national airline, has regular and very scenic flights to the four air strips in the outer atolls. Helicopters and seaplanes are used to transfer guests to some of the remoter resorts. The main form of local transport is the

56. Atlas - Maldives Map maldives Map, History, culture, People, Population, Climate, Economy, Animal andplants, Languages,capital, island, major city, province, Communications,State http://www.map.freegk.com/maldives/maldives.php

Introduction People History Culture ... Communications Legal system Organization Provinces Disputes Maldives Introduction Back to Top Malaysia, federation of 13 states forming a constitutional monarchy in South East Asia, comprising two distinct regions separated by some 650 km (400 mi) of the South China Sea. Malaysia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The regions are Peninsular Malaysia, formerly known as West Malaysia; and Sarawak and Sabah, formerly known as East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia comprises 11 states occupying the southern half of the Malay Peninsula, bordered on the north by Thailand, on the south by Singapore, on the west by the Strait of Malacca, and on the east by the South China Sea. The states of Sabah and Sarawak occupy the northern third of the island of Borneo, and are bordered on the north and west by the South China Sea, on the east by the Sula and Celebes seas, and on the south by the Indonesian province of Kalimantan. The island of Labuan, formerly part of Sabah, was made a federal territory in 1984. The sultanate of Brunei forms a coastal enclave in northern Sarawak. Population 21,300,000 (1996 estimate) Population Density 64 people/sq km (167 people/sq mi) (1996 estimate) Urban/Rural Breakdown 46% Urban 54% Rural Largest Cities Kuala Lumpur1,145,075 Ipoh382,633 Johor Baharu328,646 (1991 census) Ethnic Groups 47% Malay 32% Chinese 9% Indigenous people from Borneo 9% Indian Languages Official Language Bahasa Malaysia Other Languages English, Chinese, Tamil, Iban, Religions 53% Islam 25% Chinese folk religion 7% Hinduism 6% Buddhism 6% Christianity 3% Other

57. EasyVoyage : Attraction Touristique Maldives - Les Arts Et La Culture Translate this page attraction touristique maldives - Les arts et la culture, Thèmes musee,maldives - Les arts et la culture, Le Musée national de Malé, http://www.easyvoyage.com/voyage/maldives-les_arts_et_la_culture.html

attraction touristique Maldives - Les arts et la culture Thèmes : panneaux de bois, grande mosquee, musee national, temple solaire, centre islamique, conseil superieur, visitez le musee Maldives Les arts et la culture Le Musée national de Malé A Malé, visitez le Musée national qui se trouve dans le Sultan's Park. L'essentiel des collections est consacré à la période islamique des Maldives : on peut voir des vêtements et des bijoux royaux, des poignards, des tambours peints à la laque et des maquettes de bateaux de pêche. Quelques expositions évoquent également l'époque bouddhique qui a précédé la conversion du pays à l'islam. Ne manquez pas la tête de Bouddha en corail blanc, ni les sculptures découvertes dans des temples, situés sur les atolls méridionaux. Les détails des sculptures permettent de conclure que les temples étaient consacrés au bouddhisme tantrique, apparenté à l'hindouisme. La Grande Mosquée de Malé Allez voir la Grande Mosquée de Malé, le long de Chandani Magu. L'intérieur peut se visiter en dehors des heures de prière. La cour est pavée de carreaux de marbre de Grèce, et des tapis pakistanais ainsi que des panneaux de bois sculptés, décorent la salle de prière. La vaste coupole dorée qui jouxte la Grande Mosquée est celle du Centre islamique inauguré en 1984 : il abrite un auditorium, une bibliothèque et les bureaux du Conseil supérieur des Affaires islamiques.

58. WorldTravelGate.net® - Culture Of Male, Maldives. Since it is the major ‘city’ of the maldives, with a population of about 80,000,it you are not going to go to Malé for its museums and culture, but for http://www.asiatravelling.net/maldives/male/male_culture.htm

ADVERTISING INFORMATION Idyllic beach Mal , which is built on one of the atoll islands that constitute The Maldives ATTRACTIONS (which is, of course, Culture, in the deepest meaning of the word!) You must not be afraid, though, that you will be asked to go into any "Survivor" type scheme of vacations. There are several interesting entertaining diversions here . Some of them are: The Republic Square This square is not the kind of square that you might normally expect. You will not find the usual buildings on each side and a quiet pace. C onstructed along the northern waterfront in 1989, this e north side of the square is the sea, on the west are some commercial buildings, to the south is the Islamic Centre and the headquarters of the National Security Service (NSS), and on the east is the new Headquarters of the Police. On the sea-ward side is also the Presidential Jetty used by the President and members of the cabinet on trips to various locations around the Maldives and the world. The square is where earlier there used to be some government office buildings which were pulled down and given office space in other locations. It is also one of the places from which the mercenaries who invaded the Maldives on the 3rd of November 1989 attacked the HQ of the NSS, and where they held some civilians as hostages to try and force access to the compound.

59. Culture Shock Therapy - Maldives with European honeymooners, there are almost no American visitors to the maldives. Inorder to preserve the native culture, foreigners are only allowed after http://travel.u.nu/country-mv.php

Maldives 11 photos from 2003. Click on any of the small images to enlarge. The Maldives is a beautiful country. The water is crystal clear, a beautiful blue-green color that I think must be etched deep somewhere within the ancestral human brain as the very model of nature's aesthetic elan. The beaches are broad and clean. The people are friendly and themselves beautiful. The beach resorts are the sort of place you expect only exists in the unfulfillable dreams of an overambitious Hollywood set designer: the settings for the private overwater bungalows are just a bit too perfect. When you arrive, your plane circles over a chain of atolls in the midst of clear blue sea, before coming to rest on a palm-fringed island not much larger than the runway and terminal building. You walk outside, where you're met at the curb by brightly-painted boats bobbing in water so clear you can see giant tropical fish by moonlight. It's idyllic. It's also one of the few places I've been that I'd really never consider going back to. I had never really thought about it as a travel destination. This put me on an even footing with most of my peers here in the USA: While the economy is based almost entirely on tourism, and it's a tremendously popular spot with European honeymooners, there are almost no American visitors to the Maldives. In the case of almost everyone I talked to, including some in the tourism business, I was the first person from the United States they'd ever met.

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