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Island Aviation Services (IAS) ticketing office 0f Maldivian decided to opened for business on Fridays from 1600 hours till 2000 hours .

The airlines Assistant Director said the decision is to provide convenience of the traveling public with the objective of offering better and wider services. Now traveling on Maldivian has increased significantly.

Now Maldivian operates 14 flights to Trivandrum / Indian and 5 flights to Colombo / Sri Lanka daily. Flights to these countries were a huge success with demand increasing by the day, especially to India.

In order to cater for heavy passenger demand, Maldivian schedules extra flights when need arise. In this regard the airline recently operated additional flights to India during the recent school holidays

The High Commission of Maldives and the Maldives Tourism Promotion Board will be showcasing the Maldives at the Monarch Beach festival in Birmingham on Saturday, 15 August 2009 from 1100 hrs to 1800 hrs in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham city centre.

The event would be used to promote Maldivian tourism and culture to attract visitors from the UK. A taste of Maldivian culture will be portrayed through Bodu Beru gigs (traditional drums), and typical Maldivian games such as Ovvalhu gondi, Thinhama, Fas oh’, and Faiga thalhaa. Maldives information guides and literature about tourism in the Maldives will be distributed and visitors will be able to enjoy Dhivehi language and Bodu Beru lessons.

Popular Maldivian rock band, “FasyLive ” will perform along with eminent Bodu Beru artists at the Monarch Beach Festival

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With fish as witnesses, the president of Maldives and his Cabinet wore scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting to highlight the threat climate change poses to the archipelago nation.

The Maldives declaration will be presented at a U.N. summit on climate change in December.

The meeting, chaired by President Mohamed Nasheed, took place around a table about 16 feet (5 meters) underwater, according to the president’s Web site. Bubbles ascended from the face masks the president and the Cabinet wore, and fish swam around them.

At the meeting, the Cabinet signed a declaration calling for global cuts in carbon emissions that will be presented before a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December.

Maldivian ministers signed a climate change document under water

“We are trying to send our message to let the world know what is happening and what will happen to the Maldives if climate change isn’t checked,” Nasheed said, according to his Web site.

Asked what would happen if Copenhagen fails, the president said, “We are all going to die,” according to the site.

The ministers signed their wet suits, which are being auctioned, to raise money for coral reef protection in the Maldives, the Web site said.

Maldives is grappling with the very likely possibility that it will go under water if the current pace of climate change keeps rising sea levels. The Maldives is an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands south-southwest of India. Most of it lies just 4.9 feet (1.5 meters) above sea level.

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has forecast a rise in sea levels of at least 7.1 inches (18 cm) by the end of the century.

The country’s capital, Male, is protected by sea walls. But creating a similar barrier around the rest of the country will be cost-prohibitive.

Soon after his election in November, Nasheed raised the possibility of finding a new homeland for the country’s 396,000 residents.

The tourist nation wants to set aside part of its annual billion-dollar revenue into buying a new homeland, he said at the time.

“We will invest in land,” he said. “We do not want to end up in refugee tents if the worst happens.”

Nasheed’s government said it has broached the idea with several countries and found them to be “receptive.”

The Republic of Maldives – in local, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa is the official long name Maldives – in local, Dhivehi Raajje’ is the conventional short name

The historical finding from the Maldives archipelago shows that there was civilization as early as BC.

People and Language

The origin of the first settlers in the Maldives is unknown. However an anthropological survey of the Maldives which was carried out at the end of the 19th century showed that at that time there were inhabitants in the Maldives who were descendants of people from the Indian subcontinent, Arabian peninsula, Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia and the main tribes of Maldivian’s are Singhalese, Dravidian, Arab and African.

Dhivehi is the local language which is believed as an indigenous language spoken only in the Maldives. Maldivian language is said to be derived from Sanskrit and a mix of Arab and Singhalese.
The people of the Maldives are a descendent of and early race

Location and Area

Maldives located in the northern part of the Indian Ocean is 7° 6’ 35” by 0° 42’ 24” S and 72° 33’ 19” and 73 46’ 13 E
The area 118000 sq km of which land is 298 sq. km. (115 sq. mi.)
There are around 1200 islands in the country (Unable to obtain exact figure as islands form and deform) among 200 are inhabited. The closest neighbors of Maldives are India (595 km) to the north, Sri Lanka (670 km) to the northeast and the Chagos group of islands (550 km) directly to the south.
The islands are formed in 26 natural atolls and for administrative purposes they are divided into 20 atolls

Weather and Climate

Sub-Tropical, there are two season in Maldives. The monsoon periods; Iruvai, the northeast monsoon from November to April is the hot season dry and humid,  Hulhangu, the southwest monsoon from May to September is the rainy season with more occasional winds and storms
Temperature varies from 26′C – 29′C through out the year

Arts, Tunes and Culture

The Arts, Tunes and culture of Maldives is based on the ancient tribal descendents. The famous ‘Bodu Beru’ has been a local traditional dance short of music with an early tribal taste. The word ‘Bodu Beru’ means big drum in local language. These drums are made of coconut trunk, hollowed and shaped with a smaller dimension at one end than the other. Skins used on these drums are made from cleaned, shaved and dried goat skin which has no smell at all and easy to tune.
A group may consist of 4 to 6 drummers and 2 to 4 singers and 2 to 4 dancers. An observer would say that the Bodu Beru dance is a tribal dance and the patterns change towards the last quarter of the songs.

Another form of dance was performed by playing a tune and a beat using a metal or copper urn type of pot in local language know as ‘Bandiyaa’ in general these are the items used to have water at residence on the islands. Even today these Bandiyaa’s are used to have water at houses used as jars. The Bandiyaa are made in India and used widely in India.
A group would have 8 to 10 members who are dancers and singers and performed in two rows facing each other.

‘Thaara’ is another form of drum played widely in the early days. Even today these drums and performance are done on occasions.
This amazing drum is related to an Arabic instrument and these drums would look more like a modern day snare drum with and open bottom, thin in depth and smaller in dimension.

On early sultanates and presidential parades these Thaara, Bodu Beru and Trumpets were played and performed. Even today there are groups who perform Bodu Beru, Bandiyaa and Thaara. These are used as percussions on some local music tracks.

Very local and original tunes from Maldivian were gathered and recorded by the famous Zero Degree Atoll, the Dhoni album was the first, one and only till today of this type made of local ambience, percussions and sounds from the island life and modern instruments.
The album would take you on a smooth sail through the atolls and island of Maldives.
The soundtrack was recorded for a second time on CD in France and holds a record of most performed arts of the modern Maldivian tunes.

Maldives culture is mixed as much as Maldivian’s. Arab, African, Indian, Singhalese and Indonesian influence are all within the culture.

Religion

100% Muslim. Historical finding shows that Buddhism was practiced before conversion.

Education

Arabic and English Medium, Secondary and Advance level

Government

Republic, President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom since 11 November 1978 and serving the 6th term
Monarchy and Sultanate was practiced before Republic

Upon Conversion in 1153 AD, the Maldives was declared a Sultanate and the ruling monarch adopted the name of al Sultan Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Siri Bavanaadittiya Mahaa Radhun, popularly known as Dharumavantha Rasgefaanu
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Moroccan traveler and historian Mohammad Abdullah Ibn-Battuta, visited the country in 1343 AD., and served as the Chief Justice, for four years.
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At the time of Ibn Battuta’s visit, the country was carrying on a flourishing trade in cowry and other sea shells, tortoise shells, dried fish, copra, coir rope and ambergris to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Arabia, India, China and the Persian Gulf. Sultana Khadheeja Rehendhi Kambaidhi Kilege, the reigning monarch, was one of the most colorful personalities to grace the country’s throne. She died in 1380, having ruled the country for a total of twenty nine years, in three separate reigns.
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Economy, Resources and Industry

Maldives economy depends on the limited resources. Tourism and fisheries are the two main resources generating foreign currency

Boat building: Ferry boats, fishing vessels
Fishing: Industrial fisheries, pole and line, dried fish, salt fish, frozen fish, canned fish, live fish
Shipping: National shipping line, private shipping lines, container terminals, bunkering, cruise ships, luxury and pleasure vessels
Tourism: Guest houses, resorts, cruise vessels, tours
Agriculture: Coconuts, sweet potato, pumpkin, chilies, cucumber, lettuce, drumstick, mango, papaya, banana, lime, stone apple