Why a Booktrail?
Various: The stories found here offer insights into the lives, culture and history of the Maldivians not found in any guidebook.
Folk Tales of the Maldives
What you need to know before your trail
The Maldives are mainly known as an equatorial tourist paradise to the south of India but some will know the archipelago risks drowning owing to global warming. Far less is known about the people, who have occupied these islands for millennia but whose deep indigenous culture is today under threat from a multitude of external forces. The stories found here offer insights into the lives, culture and history of the Maldivians not found in any guidebook. The stories in this book were compiled between 1979 and 2007.
Travel Guide
The Maldives
The author says:
“Many people helped me during the long process of collecting the texts over the years. In the end the stories were very useful, allowing me to understand and appreciate the language, customs, values and complex courtesy of the Maldives.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Folk Tales of the Maldives
Destination: The Maldives Author/guide: Xavier Romero-Frias Departure Time: Various
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