Fuvahmulah City – The Days of the Past and Reigning Ramadan Rituals

Thirty-three kilometers away from the Equator lies a rural isle highly praised by visitors for its beautiful tropical woodlands, distinctive freshwater lakes and vegetated marshland areas. Widely described by inhabitants as representing the shape of a ‘Faivaan Kiba’ or ‘One pair of flip-flops’, the Maldivian island of Fuvahmulah sports rich history and monumental ruins alongside peculiar traditions for the most festive month of the year; Ramadan.

The Maldivian island of Fuvahmulah, deemed a city in 2016 amid the administration of former president Abdulla Yameen, is separated into nine administrative wards, residents of which all sport minor differences in their dialects, habits and even celebrations, sometimes clashing due these opposing territorial views.