DestinAsian – August 01, 2019

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AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2019 – DESTINASIAN.COM

Right: A boardwalk

in the recently

protected wetlands

of Fuvahmulah

Island. Below: Mas

kaashi, a traditional

dish of coconut,

dried and smoked

tuna, mango, and

chili. Opposite,

from top: A reed

mat on Gaafu

Dhaalu Gaddhoo,

one of the few

islands where

people still make

them; fishermen

placing nets in

the shallows of a

lagoon; making

thatch on the

island of Kalaidhoo,

Laamu Atoll.

HITHADHOO AND

ITS INHABITANTS

PROVIDED RICH

STORIES OF

SEA MONSTERS,

CASTAWAYS, AND

BLACK MAGIC.