Tharijehige: Preserving the Past

Alibe posing for a picture at Tharijehige's doorframe: Even though he lives alone, he gets to reminisce about his family -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Kulhudhuffushi, Tharijehige's Alibe: Even though he lives alone, he gets to reminisce about his family -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe chewing on areca nuts at Tharijehige's veranda: Even though he lives alone, he gets to reminisce about his family -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Tharijehige's kitchen: Alibe's mother's kitchen supplies, with the kitchen in disuse -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Tharijehige's kitchen: Alibe's mother's kitchen supplies, with the kitchen in disuse -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe entering Tharijehige: The city council has opted to preserve the house -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe washing his feet: Even though he lives alone, he gets to reminisce about his family -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

A tin for drinking water: Such things from the past can be found at Tharijehige -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe showing his carpentry tools: He now goes to Tharijehuge to do carpentry -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe showing a lantern in Tharijehige, where the lifestyle of the past is apparent -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe waiting inside Tharijehige: He does not want to change the house at all in order to keep the memory of his family close -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe showing a sample boat, which he says is quite old as well -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe showing some of the old and preserved books he has kept -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe showing some of the old and preserved things he has kept -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe showing a lacquered container where he and his family used to put Maldivian areca nuts and post-meal snacks into -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe working on Tharijehige's wooden shelf -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe sitting on Tharijehige's wooden shelf: He does not want to change the house at all -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Tharijehige's wooden shelf and bed: The house has been unchanged since his parents time -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Alibe's bed he had used at Tharijehige: The house has been unchanged since his parents time -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

The wooden bed Alibe usually uses to sit and work: The house is more than a century old -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

Tharijehige is more than a century old, with lifestyle items of the past still present -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru

The drinking cups at Kulhudhuffushi, Tharijehige: The cups have been in use for years -- Photo: Fayaz Moosa | Mihaaru