“You are swine” and “the children that you bear from this marriage will all be bastard swine,” a tourist couple renewing their marriage vows in the Maldives were told in a ‘traditional Maldivian’ ceremony conducted in Dhivehi at Vilu Reef Beach and Spa Resort.
“Your marriage is not a valid one. You are not the kind of people who can have a valid marriage. One of you is an infidel. The other, too, is an infidel – and we have reason to believe –an atheist, who does not even believe in an infidel religion,” the ‘celebrant’ tells the couple, who appear completely unaware of the humiliation they are being subjected to.
A 15-minute video of the ceremony was uploaded on YouTube on October 24 2010 by a member of staff. Vilu Reef Manager Mohamed Rasheed told Minivan News that the staff member who uploaded the video did it as “a joke”, without “realising the seriousness of the potential consequences”.
Vilu Reef Beach and Spa Resort advertises itself as a place where couples can renew their wedding vows “hand in hand against a golden sunset backdrop” and where their “everlasting love” can be sealed by a “kaleidoscope of romantic hues” that covers the sky during the sunset.
In the video the ‘celebrant’ briefs the couple in English, prior to the ceremony, that it will be conducted according to “not only Maldivian” but also “Arabic and Islamic” norms.
Two wedding rings inside an open coconut, which appears to be lined with mother of pearl, are in front of the couple along with two fresh coconuts. The couple seem dressed for the ceremony, the woman in white as favoured by Western brides.
“Don’t look at her chest”, a man – possibly the videographer – is heard saying as the woman leans over to take a sip from the coconut. She adjusts her neckline.
Men, about ten or more, surround the area both outside and inside the palm fronds, which appears to be a make-shift wedding venue.
The celebrant twirls his thumbs over a piece of paper that he appears to be studying with deep concentration. A male voice asks him if the document is “something new”. He replies that it is “the seventh Article of the Penal Code”.
The document, of which there is a brief close-up in the video, has absolutely no relation to marriage laws in the Maldives. Words that are legible on the document refer to “staff employment”, suggesting that it is a document relating to employment regulations.
Asking the couple and other ‘officials’ to raise their hands as is customary for Muslim prayers, the ‘celebrant’ begins his marriage vows.
“Fornication has been legalised according to Article six, 1.11 of the Penal Code”, he chants in a tone favoured by religious scholars. “That is, frequent fornication by homosexuals. Most fornication is by males,” he continues.
“Research has shown that men have a higher sex drive than women,” he says. “According to Article 8 to 6 of the Penal Code, converting to Islam, or circumcision, is not desirable under any circumstances.
“Germs of anger and hatred will breed and drip from the tips of your penises,” he says.
The ‘celebrant’ then switches from his improvised “Islamic and Maldivian marriage laws” to reading aloud from the document in front of him in the same ‘religious’ tone. This time, what he chants to the couple is to do with terms of employment.
When he returns to the ‘marriage vows’, he refers to certain Articles of the Constitution and combines ‘Section e” and “Section f” to create the word “balhu”, which in Dhivehi means “swine”. ‘E’ in Dhivehi is the letter ‘baa’ and ‘F’ the letter ‘lhaviyani’.
The ‘celebrant’ mixes the two letters to make the word ‘balhu’, the full version of which, as used by the ‘celebrant’, is ‘nagoo balhu’. The literal translation of the term is ‘crooked tail’, believed to refer to a pig’s tail, and is considered to be one of the worst insults in the Dhivehi language.
“You are swine according to the Constitution,” he declares, solemnly.
He then asks the couple to stand up and hold hands. The ‘officials’, too, stand up and place their hands on the couples’. They form a séance-like circle and the ‘celebrant’ begins chanting.
“Aleelaan, baleelaan…”, he begins. What he is chanting is not a verse from the Qur’an, or marriage vows in Dhivehi, but are the words of a popular Dhivehi children’s game.
Words of the game, too, are changed to say “black swine” instead of what is contained in the original.
“Before buggering a chicken, check if the hole is clean. That is because the people of the countries that you are from are familiar with the taste of the ****holes of chicken,” he chants, still with hands held over the couples’.
“Do not treat with kindness people against whom violence is being committed. Commit more violence against victims of violence. You are not people who have been sent to this world to commit violence.”
He then returns to the matter of staff salaries, which he continues to chant in the same tone as he had done the insults. “Do not complain too much about salaries, or matters regarding salaries. That is against the Penal Code. This is not something I am saying for your benefit – it is a law that we have made.”
He begins to chant loudly about “black swine”, stringing insult after insult and delivering it in the same rather ominous tone that Maldivian religious figures choose to deliver their sermons in.
“You fornicate and make a lot of children. You drink and you eat pork. Most of the children that you have are marked with spots and blemishes… these children that you have are bastards,” he continues solemnly.
Someone else is heard at this point to tell the ‘celebrant’ to “say a little bit more, and then quit.”
The concluding chant is delivered in a gentler, softer voice: “Keep fornicating frequently, and keep spreading hatred among people. The children you will have from this marriage will all be bastard swine.”
While the couple are putting rings on each other’s fingers, someone is heard saying that the recording should stop. “Don’t you worry about it,” says someone else, and the recording continues.
“Aren’t they going to suck mouth?” someone is heard asking. “Make them suck mouth”, it is urged. ‘Sucking mouth’ is a term used by Maldivians to denigrate the act of kissing.
“So now, in Maldivian law, in Islam, you are already married”, says the ‘celebrant’, returning to English. The hapless couple are then told to relax and enjoy the celebrations that are to follow, by the end of which a certificate of their nuptials will be ready for them.
Once the ceremony is concluded, the celebrant, who is dressed in a shirt and tie – with the shirt left to hang loose over a traditional Maldivian sarong – swaggers out of the makeshift wedding venue – tugging at his tie and proclaiming himself “President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed.”
The celebrant, Vilu Reef Manager Rasheed told Minivan News, is an assistant Food and Beverage Manager named Hussein Didi. As he leaves the wedding venue having concluded his job, someone announces his presence, as “Ghaazee Hussein Didi”.
A Ghaazee is the Arabic name for a judge or magistrate, also adopted to mean the same in Dhivehi.
People clap loudly as the couple, whose marriage vows have just been mocked in some of the filthiest language known to Dhivehi, are videoed making their way to the next part of their ceremony – the planting of a coconut tree to mark the occasion.
Various types of insults about the woman and the man, their clothing and demeanour, are being spoken throughout in the form of a running commentary in a sports video.
As the bride bends down to plant the coconut tree, a man is heard is exclaiming, “Can see her breasts!” The ‘commentator’ observes, “She is wearing something”, he knows, he says, “because my beard has gone grey watching those things… I have seen so many of them now that I don’t even want to look any more when I see them.”
The groom, who is watering the new coconut tree which they have just planted, is totally unaware of the manner in which his wife and her breasts are being discussed by the group of Maldivian men ‘officiating’ at the renewal of their wedding vows.
‘Celebrant’ Didi tells the couple they should return soon to check on the progress of their plant, testament to what had taken place on the island that day.
The video concludes with the ‘commentator’ repeatedly urging the ‘celebrant’ to make the couple ‘suck mouths, suck mouths’.
The resort’s Manager Rasheed was unable to tell Minivan News how much the occasion had cost the couple or where they were from.
Asked if the couple had been made aware of the nature of the ‘wedding vows’ they had taken, Rasheed said they had been sent pictures but not the video.
“Our package includes sending them pictures on the CD the very same night”, he said. Rasheed added that the resort does not have a written ‘khuthuba’ or sermon from which to read, nor is the role of the celebrant undertaken by a designated person.
“It is done on a rotating basis. We have been doing it for ten years now, and from a very small start, it has grown into a very successful part of what we offer at Vilu,” he said.
Rasheed said he had become aware of the nature of the ceremony conducted by Didi shortly after it happened. He had banned Didi from performing any more ceremonies, but did not feel it was necessary to take any further action, until the video appeared on YouTube.
The staff member who uploaded the video, Ali Shareef, a shop assistant, is not being disciplined or investigated further, Rasheed said. He complied with the request by the management to remove the video from YouTube.
The ‘celebrant’, Didi, however is currently under investigation by the Head Office in Male’, Sun Travel and Tours.
Minivan News has learned that the ‘wedding package’ offered by Vilu Reef Resort lasts an hour, costs US$1300 which includes the services of a ‘celebrant’, a sailing trip and Maldivian music and dancing.
The happy couple can obtain photographs of their beautiful ceremony in the Maldivian sunset on Vilu Reef Resort for an additional US$440.
CEO of Sun Travel Ahmed Shakir was unavailable for comment.
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To the person wondering what will happen if some big news agency picks up the story, too late the story is already out in western media. I became aware of it via Dailymail a UK website, its just a couple of hours before CNN and the like pick it up too. And of course, i'll make sure i tell everyone i know to avoid Maldives, calling this mistreatment of tourists despicable is an understatement. I hope all tourists vote with their wallets and take their business elsewhere where they will be respected and appreciated.
...who undressed the bride or even the groom with his eyes and masturbate, condemns them and call them names.
Fire this wanker and restore the image of Maldives. I for one boycotted effective immediately!
@FTG:
"Maldivesresortworkers" won't feel a thing. Few Maldivian men take marriage and children seriously, proof of this being the high divorce rate and drug-use prevalence of young people. Furthermore as a Maldivian you are required to believe that non-Muslims will end up in hell no matter that they have not even harmed a fly.
u think that this whole thing itself wasn't bad enough that u had to add subtitles to the video and TRANSLATE the whole thing as an article?!
we Maldivians has this strange habit of harming ourselves. First there was this sultan park 'bomb' which they released the cctv moving images for the whole wide world. Other countries at least try to protect their image a little bit if its going to hurt them really. Look at America. However much the taliban inflicts damage on the coalition forces, they never report it, even when they do they make the loss look insignificant. But see what do we do? We have this failed minivan news which is run actually from a desk inside the president's office and is actually undermining the country's reputation for what? for fame...
This is a shame. Maldives was one of those places I always wanted to visit and go diving. I am not going to lie, I will probably go elsewhere.
@Maldivian Adamantinoma on Wed, 27th Oct 2010 8:15 PM
Male' islanders or the Giraavaru people you are referring to had gone through an evolution process that had developed their minds more than the Beerahtehin. Just one example. We first used the "Tin" Phone to communicate, then we were introduced to the "Number Please" phone, ie when you take the phone the operator will immediately say Number Please, then we were introduced to the automatic phone, then to the push button phone and finally to mobile phone. So our sons and daughters have gone through an evolution process and our brains are more developed then these Beeratehins. For the Beerahtehins they were suddenly introduced to the mobile phone, they had not gone through the process that we Male' people had gone through so their brains have not evolved like "us". They are Fas kulhandhu bai hunna Gabulhi Katheebun. They do not know how to be patientOne of our learned politicians one said, introducing democracy to Maldives would be like giving a handkerchief to a monkey, it will soon start to wipe his ass with it. So my conclusion is the Male people mind had developed more than these Beerahtehins and therefore unlike them we understand the consequences of our actions.
For you consideration balhu means dog.. not swine..
We can't blame the one who did this. This is what we have been teaching our children. If you watch or listen to our local radio and Tv, you can see how much we hate other religions. So this is the consequence of what we have been teaching our childresn. You will see more of this soon.
"Rasheed said he had become aware of the nature of the ceremony conducted by Didi shortly after it happened. He had banned Didi from performing any more ceremonies, but did not feel it was necessary to take any further action, until the video appeared on YouTube."
rasheed is and ppl alike are the ones who should pay the penalty for these kind of things...not the one who does it. coz most maldivians who work in these resorts barely have formal education!
and with todays 'freedom and democracy' loving maldivians will do anything if not supervised!
This shows how most Maldivians think, for them everything in life is a sick joke! In life the priorities are ignored. Sad but true!
I came across this news item as I was searching for Wedding Packages in either Malaysia or Maldives. Now that I know where I am going. Bye Bye.
Why don't the Mr. Suntravel Shiyam owner of Vilureef resort arrange for a ceremony like this one in his upcoming wedding to his daughters class mate (Umniyya Naseer's Grand Daughter?) Joray.
Salim Kaleyge appa eyee governmantey..bola ley ereeetha. Kalo adives aga kopathi....
Mr. Shiyam is abusing what god has blessed him with. 3 days back, they were discussing the rights of women and children in the parliament, while you were throwing away your former wives out of your house, to accommodate a brand new one less than half your age, and your managers were abusing foreigners to make more money for you.
Guys, now you know how Suntravel Shiyam makes his money, to spend on wine and women.
As a maldivian i am very humiliated, but i am not surprised this happened. Although we maldivians ignore it, most of the time this type of behaviour towards non maldivians is a regular occurence in maldives. Maldivians make fun of all the foreigners (as most of us call orin) from bangladesh, india, lanka etc all the time. They face abuse on the streets, restaurants etc because they work as cleaners, waitors n construction workers and maldivians sees them as inferior. But the reality is maldivians are to proud to do this type of work and abuse people who do it. As a matter of fact we should be thankful that they are doing it because if they dont i am pretty sure there wont be anyone to do this in maldives, except a handful.
Maldivians also treat tourists (or dhon meehun as we call them) this way because they are non muslims. By being a muslim we are not any superior than these people, what makes us better is the upstanding values and discipline in our religion. If we do not pratice these, (as witnessed in this video) just the fact that we are muslims doesnt make us any better than them.
I hope these people learned a lesson from this and all other maldivian abusers. It would be nice to see maldivians treat non-maldivians with a little respect. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of their background, religion or work.
We cannot blame this on these people being uneducated or even their parents as so many comments reads here. Educated or not, these people are grown ups and they have a mind like any person. They can tell the difference between right and wrong. A person doesnt need to be told that this is wrong. They know it was wrong, but they did it anyway for whatever reason they only know.
Another point just occured to me. Not only does this expose some Maldivians as being prejudiced animals, it exposes them as being COWARDLY as well. Why do they not say this to a person in the language they can understand (were they French, English, Italian??? or wherever?) and these people's if they came to learn of this would think Maldivians have to insult us amongst themselves in a way they can't hear whilst they are NICE to our face. That is cowardly!
I hope all those couples who have undergone this degrading treatment called a wedding ceremony in Vilu Reef for the past 10 years will come forward and claim compensation from the resort. I dont believe they have not been conned either. They would have been subjected to the same profanity.
Perfect example of defiance against one's own religion, nationality and humanity.
The smart-looking, smug celebrant who performed the 'ritual' should be rightfully and deservingly hanged according to his own citations of the foreign couples' marriage. Its as legal as any islamic marriage. The couple, and every other couple that has been subjected to this cruelty should sue the Maldivian government for not having taken any action as of yet, and in my opinion, any couple who have ever renewed their marriage vows at villureef have every right to believe they've been tricked the same way.
I've always been PROUD to be a Maldivian, but theres no pride left for the country anymore.
May God have mercy on us; those who have treated their guests as the path to moral virtue for themselves, and those who have treated their guests like a one way ticket to condemnation in hell for themselves.. So much for the Sinking 'Paradise'..
In short! The management of the resort and the godforsaken people who did this must be CHARGED FOR HIGH TREASON!!!
i cant understand why some people are indicating here that these guys were disrespectful because the guests were foreigners, non muslim. i just want to point out that they were also disrespectful of islam, pretending to perform a religous ceremony! dont make this about religous beliefs, or poor working conditions, etc. they were just mean, nasty people and should be punished for misleading and ill treating people.
This wedding ceremony is infantile, like Shiyam himself! Sun Travel Shiyam, be greatful Minivannews has picked up this story and not a less ethical news source. If the commenters here felt Minivan would publish what is really in their hearts against you, you would hear for the first time what you really are. The quicker you learn it, the quicker some pain cuts it out of you, the quicker you'll be able to work towards becoming a real man for the first time in your pathetic, childhood like existance. Because you have money ppl may vote for you and pretend to respect you, but no body really respects you, Maldivians think of you as though you were a five year old child living in a god damned Alice in Wonderland fantasy. They don't hate you, because you are not manly enough to provoke hatred, they laugh at you the child man! All the money in the world won't make you a man, child,
Good manners, respect, curtesy, honesty..do they mean anything to us now? No
long forgotten..those few who posses such are freaks
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strike-Against-Vilu-Reef-Sun-travel-Shiyam/136512203066519
This was a major story in Sydney, Australia today. Not a good look, but am encouraged by the majority of comments here condemning the behaviour.
minivan rocks: now the story is in bbc too! excellent journalism. keep it up. make sure your country sinks..
really, I missed it. Was it on the t.v.? which channel? I will try and look it up?
Hassan saeed must take this matter in to court.
@ Live Free who said:
"The problem is not the Maldivians, the problem is Islam...... Islam is a doctrine of intolerance and hatred toward all non Muslims."
Your comment shows how little you know about Islam. Muslims who practice their religion well were and still are very tolerant people and they dont harbour any hatred towards non Muslims. In fact in the Holy Qur'an God says:
"Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just."
in defense of Ghaazee Hussein Didi let me just point out Addu people are so inbred, they just don't know how to act around normal human beings. So please everyone, cut the man some slack. Its not his fault evolution missed Addu Atoll.
I take some comfort from the fact that so many Maldivians are disgusted by this act. A small minority of Maldivians seem to think this kind of thing is hilarious. The guys in question, the onlookers plus the person who performed the ceremony has brought shame upon the entire country. I hope all the resorts closely monitor the going ons of their resorts and make sure such disgusting acts don't happen.
Tourism ministry should take action now and regulate this whole wedding industry.
My sinciere apologies to the couple involved, most Maldivians are dead ashamed of what happened.
Mind you language people.
Adduans are NOT to be blamed for this act!!!
If so, you guys must also blame Qaree thaufeeq for child molestation cases in teh Maldives together with Naseem so, who started this act!! They are from Male'?
So, dont fight each other and take the countrys best interest in to consideration.
Thanks
Me n my Addu part
minivan news should be held responsible for all the damages this news caused to our tourism industry.. well done! you guys just ruined our future. every community have culprits, swines, dogs in it, by taking this news to international level minivan news has shown us how professional they are.. keep it up all you stupid Maldivians..
@ Maldives Resort Workers
They meant no disrespect!!! Really! Seriously!! Are you out of your freaking mind to suggest someone would like making this kind of derogatory comments about their marriage vows!? Maybe you might not take your marriage seriously and insult it as such. But not everyone does.
And this is an insult to our religion. The only Islam you are aware of is up to 4 wives, thats all!!
i would like to thank minivannewsarchive.com for bringing this article, especially with so much details (head to toe)..im thinking what would happen if if if if a relative of President Nasheed bought this Vilu Reef Resort..would minivannewsarchive.com give the same kind of coverage that it gave to this issue. let us look at Conrad Maldives Resort (Rangali and Rangalifinolhu)..when they kept on destroying the environment of Mandhoo to develop the resort, nothing was done then and even now by minivannewsarchive.com to bring the issue to surface. why? because a relative of President Nasheed is among the owners of the Resort.
Journalism and Reporting should not be lopsided or biased. it should not be a tool or luxury that money can buy. it must be balanced. it must be fair and just to everyone.
During Conrad Maldives' ripping off of Mandhoo environment, minivannewsarchive.com rather than reporting it, tried to smooth it off with cream and syrup. now minivannewsarchive.com wants to expose this mockery wedding given to a tourist couple at Vilu Reef Resort..why now? why not then? this is also Maldive Tourism and that was also Maldive Tourism. even now also, Conrad Maldives is still uprooting trees and soil from Mandhoo Thundi, would minivannewsarchive.com report it in the same manner as this? i doubt it 🙂
does anybody know of an island called Nazeer Island in the Maldive Archipelago? here is the story. originally an empty lagoon later on dredged sand from the ocean to make a sand bank. part of the top soil and trees removed from Mandhoo Thundi were planted here. this sand bank was developed to become an island in the lagoon of Conrad Maldives Resort. this island was finally labeled as "Loabi Finolhu" where all the Marriages Services rendered by the Conrad Maldives Resort to its tourists take place. shaheedha and ainthu najeeb from minivan news knows about this better than anyone else. why i brought it here is to show you guys that the influence of money and wealth stretches to all the heights, even to the work of independent newspapers. as an editor of minivan news, i want to ask ainthu najeeb how much she got from the deal by avoiding the issue. the mocked wedding at Vilu Reef and the weddings that take place on the "loabi Finolhu" of Conrad Maldives Resort are of equal magnitude
Kobaa !! theothee bovifa !!! Ma edhuahuves bunemeh nun thigothah thi kanthah nukuraasheh !!
Don't Blame Minivan News for having the courage to publish this.
Its a shame still many of us thinking its better not to talk about things that will bring bad names to them,family,country and its people.
This is the tradition we have for all this years. Hiding things is in our blood,(its a Shame) How many kids have been abused in this country? How many actually talk about it?
we all know the truth we just don't want face it. Only few have the guts to stand up and say something about it. Hiding things is not the answer we (this generation)should do the best we can to build a better future for the next generation "Adhuge Kudakudhin Maadhamaage Zuvaanun" (you must have heard this)
I bet now many of us have learn a lot from this "Joke"
There is always consequences...
kaley men dhen ves maithiri vaan vejjennu! kaleymennaa hedhi mi dhivehi raajje ge agu mi vettunee.. meege kurin ves mithaa meehun maraa, feyrey, vakkan kurey, rape kuru maa kuda kudhinnaa behun ves ovey!!! emme vari ves gina than.. gotheh fotheh nei gina meehunge.. dhen kaleymen mi vaahaka thah dhuniye ah haama kurun dho meege hallakee.. saabas minivan news.. kaley men ge vikifa thibi editarun nah kihaavareh gehunu baa mikan MDP ah koh dheegen.. mihaaru dhen kaleymennaa hedhi netheh nnu aharumen nah vazeefaa ehgga ves ulheveykah.. minivan news jeheyne mi damage control kuran.. no wonder people labeled you & ur paper politics shi8 gothuga.. emmen minivan news ah muzaahara kobba.. lolah mirus fen elhifa tha thithibenee mi raajjey ge agu veyyaa modevigen dhaairu ves..
I was saddened to read this..as a 9 times visitor to the Maldives I had no idea us "infidels" were held in such disdain and hope this is a "one off" incident. Being 100% sure that no tourists understand Dhivehi leaves us open to abuse and we can only trust staff and magagement!!
@ STOP Blaming... Start Talking.
saabahey! There is always consequences… true, & now you minivan news should explain what you got out of all this.. money? fame? name for the news paper that you try so hard to sell??
kihaadhera kameh,, mithiba gamaarun thakaa.. suntravel in keehtha kuran v? they fired the group, appologized, and are ready to pay the compensation.. what else would make you happy?& most of all don't you think there is a reason that minivan news is dragging this so much?? to correct the community? lol ..
you minivan news people are as sick as the dogs in this video.. they ruined the resort name.. you ruined the whole industry name.. tell me the difference.. can't you so called good people find another solution? how about start educating your children?? oh wait.. i have a better idea,, send your uncivilized staff abroad & teach them what journalism reall is & how it helps a country... take it what ever way - minivan will be labeled as the site who ruined our hard build reputation..
I even wana thank and appreciate Minnivan news for this...atleast we should not always keep the bad hidden ! and all good's to be shown...
We are humans, prune to make mistakes..and sometimes...it costs alot..when they do not know how much damage this has caused..
Blame not the people who shows the mistakes..but blame the people who does the mistake...
This should be a good experience to all other resort's employees...will be scared to do such..hereafter..
Truth is bitter..and ugly...but we all should accept it !
Here is the Deadline for Public Apology from SUN TRAVEL (SHIYAM)
Friday 29th October 2010 at00:00hrs
if NO apology then Strike is planed as:-
Strike Saturday 30th October 2010 at 16:30hrs
Starting from Artificial Beach.
Thanks
plssss.....take this from here..its about all of us..this will effect our tourism industry and whole maldives..
This is for all those who commented above in negative favor of action towards this humiliating act. All those who say this is not a "big deal".
I speak on behalf of more than 400 staff at our property who has extremely expressed their concern. even those who belong to addu or that region even.
Coz when we speak, we speak on behalf of the 400 staff as well as all the adjoining families. all the wives, husbands, kids, mothers, fathers, parent who are fed by the money we earn through our hard work and do not accept such forms of negligence by managements and staff of this sort.
WAKE UP.. your dream of fish being our primary economy is long gone...accept it if you want to live; that you are eating from the alcohol & Pork that we sell at resorts. I know extremists will jump at me for this..but that is the whole new truth.
Would you take your time and place yourself in the shoes of the guests? would you stand still when some body is cursing you on ur wedding day? would you stand still when the income to our country at the simple rate of USD 1300 per couple is stopped by the guests in all our resorts? Would you rather stand still when your parents/kids are living without their daily rations/medications etc?
Pathetic thoughts from a well studied community. Belittles our capacity to be a socialized society.
Yes, every one commits crimes. even I have but on things that effect my life and those few or more around me. Not the whole country. We have nothing against addu. But I seriously did not see any such stupid acts committed by any other. Ok. You video it, but how stupid can you get to post it on facebook and youtube?
Responsible media is those among the media such as MINIVAN, who bring such things to our attention. Attention to the pple who work hard to feed & live than prank and be stupid. Thank you minivan.
So far no update on MR. SHIYAM...and the vilu management. Wonder what it would take for them to understand the depth of this. If I had the contact details of these guests...and I am trying to get trace reports., I will inform them personally. I am not saying general managers or managers to attend these weddings to make sure they tok sanity. But I believe there are management staff at resorts who can monitor this. who shud have.
Just look at their faces..no smile..the person who calls himself the GHAAZEE recites it so well and without a single stop that even a kid can judge that they have been doing this for the past years as a form of practice...
Sorry...but I think those who understand this act would happily turn their back on this country for the sake of the pride we live for.
And to think that we were nominated among 7 wonders of earth...thank you vilu reef..for blowing that.
-Z-
Well!!!I have never seen so many comments for a single subject,,but is it not now time to put this to bed..One last comment from the management and staff of the resort would be welcome--that is--a full apology..Surely not too much to ask, as the situation is now known throughout europe,and any form of ignorance on their part could result in the total collapse of visitors to the resort. PS I will still be going back to Addu[6th time] next june,because I love the place and the people....
@Derek Postance I am 100% sure this is not the same view of all Maldivians. I am a Maldivian and I abhor these kinds of acts. And I am sure that the respect shown to tourists and other guests are more than the other side. These people should be held responsible along with the resort management. It is their responsibility to see that the guests who stay under their care get the best treatment.
For some people the only thing they care about is their own self. Spending hundreds of thousand rufiya to marry a young girl doesn't mean that their responsibility should be forgotten!
@ All.
Why curse minivan? It would not have been an issue if it was not on the most famous social networks in the world.. Dont curse minivan.,..and i reject comments saying its a political news paper...its the only paper where you find whats happening other than the rotten politics of Maldives.