Customs and customs in Maldives
The Maldives, fully known as the Republic of Maldives (formerly the Maldives Islands, changed to its current name in November 1968), is located in South Asia, an island State on the Indian Ocean and the world's largest atoll.
Comprising more than 1,200 small coral islands, 202 of which are inhabited and are seen from the air as a bunch of pearls scattered over the Indian Ocean.
The area of approximately 298 square kilometres (excluding territorial sea) is the smallest in Asia.
The Government of Maldives officially graduated from the Commonwealth on 13 October 2016.
The capital, Malé, is situated on the island of Malé under the same name and covers an area of approximately 1.5 square kilometres and a population of 108,000 (2009).
It is the national political and economic centre, as well as the port, and the economy is developing rapidly, with international airports in addition to fisheries and the processing of aquatic products.
The currency of Maldives is Rufiya (RF), also known as the Maldives rupees.
1RF convertible port approximately $1; United States dollar convertible 10-11RF (depending on exchange rate movements).
The usual hotel is based on United States dollars, and most of the holiday islands receive a passable credit card.
The capital, Malé, is both.
As of July 2012, the total population of Maldives was 350,000, all of which were Maldivian.
The Maldives claims to be an Aryan race in India.
Maldives textbooks state that Maldivians are similar to Indians, Sri Lankans and Arabs in terms of appearance, language, character, culture, traditions and behaviour.
There are few Chinese and only a small number of Chinese workers in Maldives.
The official language is Divish, and government documents and laws are written in Divish, with a few available in English.
English for the Upper Society.
Since ancient times, the Maldives has been a transit station for seafarers to and from East and West, and since thousands of years have seen the arrival of the Aryans, Phoenics, Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and Romans, and the existence of the “T thousands of islands” has been mentioned in the logbooks of these ancient civilized nations.
The Maldivians have also perfectly integrated Arab, African and Asian beauty, as well as the rich and diverse culture of maritime migration.
The local traditional music and dance is deeply influenced by East African cultures, such as drumming and music, and by South Asian cultures, which are particularly visible in their local eating culture.
The country is in a tropical zone, with a hot and humid climate, where ordinary dwellings are used to extract materials, make pillars from coconut trunks, weave roofs with bark and leaves, and crush walls with coral.
Houses built with bricks, tiles and coralstones are now also seen as solid and beautiful.
Their clothes are relatively simple, with men wearing white shirts, long skirts and waists, and women's dress in fine colours, usually without a veil, and often in light clothes and long skirts.
People go to the streets with umbrellas to cover the rain and identify themselves.
By the way, Maldivians have never suffered from dental disease, as most of them get up and run to the beach and grind their teeth with sea sand.
I'm sorryin the maldives, women's social status is fairly secure, but generally do not shake hands.
when friends come home, the master will bring home the best food.
when they met, they held each other's hands and said hello.
the maldivian family was dominated by men, who could have four wives, a polygamous husband supported every wife and child, and children were inherited from their husbands by descent.
in other first nations, men spend year in the sea fishing for their lives, while women play the role of homemakers and caregivers.
after all, in the archipelagic countries, the oceans are the resources that the indigenous peoples depend on throughout the year, so it is natural for the people of the oceans to adopt the culture of the oceans as the culture of this independent nation.
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