If the shelter is on both sides, the back shelter is used by women. This shelter may be on the front and the back of the house. Later, a larger ashige in Male' was used as a jail.Ī shed for building and maintenance of a fishing craft or freighter.Ī shelter built on the Southern side of a house for womenfolk to gather or to carry out special tasks.Ī shelter for a swinging bed. The shelters were used for women to recite prayers. The state blacksmithy for producing war tools, weapons, etc.Ī storage shelter usually four to five riyan long, two to three riyan wide and four riyan high.Ī shelter built for keeping coal built on the Eastern side of Male' by an English company in 1883.Ī meeting place built on islands for elders. The sides are the ceiling are covered in embroidered cloth. Futtaru is the side of the island on which large waves break on the beach.Ī building within the palace quarters for special events especially for circumcision of children of royal blood. The shelter is accessed from a small jetty. The stores are usually metal sheet covered with an area of 7 riyan x 9 riyan.Ī roofed elevated structure for womenfolk to watch street parades from inside their plots.Ī shelter about two to three riyan square built on futtaru side of islands on lagoon for recitation of special prayers when pestilence or hard times befall. This type of stores were temporary warehouses built after 1900.Ī store for gunpowder in forts. A shelter with a semicircular roof which comes down to the ground level. The kitchens of the well to do are, of course, larger.Ī temporary large kitchen built to 8 riyan or 10 riyan square for bodu mauloodh and samaa. Dimensions were 6 riyan by 4 riyan in typical homes. In rainy weather, these shelters were built near venerated tombs during hithi.Ī shelter in the palace where betel and arecanut preparations were made for feasts. Usually separate but pantries adjoining kitchen were common.Ī temporary store for drummers and musicians.
The name is also used to refer to temporary shops and stores within the palace from which "ban'du hadoo" was distributed.Ī store for food. The shelter is about 12 riyan long and 7 riyan wide. Not always purpose-built.įishermen's temporary quarters in an uninhabited island while on a long fishing trip. The moon sighters (seekers) eat and drink in the shelter until the sighting is finished. For example, boats are built in haruge and mauloodh are recited in haruge.Ī temporary shelter built for moon sighting on the western side of an island just before the beginning and end of ramazan.
The shelter is about 15 riyan by 10 riyan.Īny shelter built for a temporary purpose in suitable sizes for a particular need. Shelter nameĪ temporary elaborate and decorated shelter built for the king when he visited cenotaphs and tombs at certain times of the year. The shelters discussed in the book, Dhivehi Hiyaavahi, are listed below. A recourse to this publication will be made in Part 4. The book, published in 2013 by the same publisher, devotes a few pages to the construction of traditional house in the context of Maldivian material culture. It is written by a well known author of literary works named Adam Abdul Rahman. The other book is entitled “ Dhiveheenge Dhiriulhun”.
#SHELTER 3 PART1 FULL#
The author outlines each of the structures in one half or a full page of an A5 sized book (73 pages). The book was published in 2011 by Novelty Printers and Publishers. His book entitled, “ Dhivehi Hiyaavahi,” briefly discusses 45 types of Maldivian shelters. The first one was written by Ali Moosa Didi, a former contractor and a historian. There are not many books written on Maldivian architecture of the past. Substantial shelters deserving of the term “homes” are discussed in Part 4. In this Part 3, an outline of major shelters of the Maldives is given, together with the construction details of basic huts. Part 2 was dedicated to a discussion of traditional lineal measures.
#SHELTER 3 PART1 SERIES#
In Part 1 of this series of articles, I discussed the architectural records of foreign visitors to the Maldives.
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