But, until a few months ago, we’d never managed to swing an invite onto a proper mas dhoni, to see what Maldivian fishing really looks like. All that changed when a friend invited us onto her Dad’s boat and, many months later, this story and film are the results.
Here’s a little film Naj has put together this week showing a few fictitious moments in the day of an average fandithaveriya. It’s the type of thing we’d like to do much more in the future to help tell more stories from the atolls.
After watching the Netflix documentary ‘Chasing Coral’ this week, we felt we had to do a quick post to urge you all to do the same. Anyone who’s spent any time in the Maldives will have seen a lot of […]
Well, last week’s story about the kaalhu was actually our one hundredth. We started off sixteen months ago hoping just to add slightly more informative captions to Naj’s pics, and here we are. Since then we’ve uncovered some new stuff […]
Here’s the short video to go with our ‘Prayer O’Clock‘ story from Gaafi Alif Nilandhoo. There are other sundials on other islands, but we’ve not seen one like this anywhere else yet.
Traditional life in the islands has always been about resourcefulness, so we thought we’d put one of the old practices to the test.
This is the video we made to go with our story, ‘Striking Oil‘, about the production of coconut oil in the Maldives. Thanks to Naj’s family for showing us how it’s done.
The last couple of days have been exciting day for us, as we were finally able to launch our first video as well as the first of our exclusive articles on Mihaaru.com. Both of which will hopefully demonstrate for a […]
