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Maldivian culture shares many aspects of a strong matriarchal tradition with ancient Dravidian culture. A unique feature of Maldivian society is a very high divorce rate, which has been attributed by some as due to early marriage. Others have seen this extremely high divorce rate as reflecting the combination of liberal Islamic rules about ...
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The Maldives, [d] officially the Republic of Maldives, [e] and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India , about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.
Maldivian mythology or Maldivian folklore is the body of myths, tales and anecdotes belonging to the oral tradition of Maldivians.Even though some of the Maldivian myths were already mentioned briefly by British commissioner in Ceylon HCP Bell towards the end of the 19th century, [1] their study and publication were carried out only quite recently by Spanish writer and artist Xavier Romero ...
Tiếng Việt; Volapük; Winaray; Wolof ... Buildings and structures in the Maldives (2 C, 2 P) C. Culture of the Maldives (18 C, 10 P) E. Economy of the Maldives (9 ...
Maldivians share one culture and speak the Dhivehi language, which is a member of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages. [17] For ethnographic and linguistic purposes as well as geopolitical reasons, anthropologists divide the Maldivian people into three subgroups.
The history of the Maldives is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and surrounding areas in South Asia and the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is formed of 26 natural atolls, comprising 1,194 islands. Historically, the Maldives has held strategic importance due to its location on the major marine routes of the Indian ...
Welcome to WikiProject Maldives on the English Wikipedia!. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Maldives and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this ...