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Remembering the Tsunami Victims

I am still bz..but i have forced my self to write some thing on this day...yes.. about the tsunami....One year have passed after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and Tsunami.Here in Maldives, close to one third of population were severely affected, with eighty-two confirmed deaths, over 1,300 injuries and around 12,000 people (7% of the population) made homeless.

People of maibaadhoo island being transported to safer places;before being taken to the temporary shelters-some of the victims are still (after one year) living in these temporary shelters.

for more pictures please visit this page.and this page.and this page and this page.

After one year...they are 'celebrating' that horrible,and dark day...(the most tragic event in my 19 year 'long?' life).Today the celebrations began early in the morning..with some special dua' (prayer after the morning fajr prayer).This special dua was created by dictator maumoon ; according to him,every one is supposed to participate in this 'maumunic ritual'. Anyway..after that;there was a 'minute of silence.' at 0920 ,today...(It was chosen as the time the first wave struck on 26th of december 2004.after finding many clocks and wrist watches..which showed (almost) that time...with slight differences).

I didnt takepart in todays 'celebrations'.I was with some friends enjoying a continental breakfast (it's two toasts,one fried,and two sausages,plus a black coffee.for only Mrf15/-) at north cafeteria..when it was 0920.we were talking about rastafarians,photography,cartoons and ofcourse about the tsunami.and then i went to maafannu madrasa (my pre skool..oh... the childhood memories) get the MR vaccine (coz there is an outbreak of measles and rubella in Maldives now.).

Why didnt i take part in the 'celebrations'? :first of all; these celebrations are not of any benefit to the Tsuanmi victims...it is only used to move public attention to another direction..after the ageold authoritarian regime..have to face intense political tesions regarding fraud in the recent by-elections.The regime is wasting our money and international aid on these events.It costs a huge sum of money for today's celebrations,and the so-called tsunami monument.But where are the victims..are they remebered on this day??One year after the tragedy..many are homeless and still continue to lodge with host families, others lives in temporary shelters (which i believe are not even suitable for animals to live in)...these tents...:(.. at the camps which are at hulhumale' island -the gayom's billion dollar project(he wasted from our money) .all the families living in tents are given only one bathroom (with toilet) to use.And they are kept far away from the luxury apartment houses at hulhumale' island.Like refugees not belonging to this nation.According to Dhivehi weekly magazines; none of them are comfortable with how they are treated. Many victims (still..after one year) are not very happy about how they are treated..Living in tents they have to face difficult circumstances when it rains heavily or during the 'udha erun',..like this and this.The people of kandholhudhoo island living in hulhudhuffaaru island have faced inhumane crimes from the people of hulhudhuffaaru.They have warned the government previously that they are rivals to each other and something like this might happen.Still after these incidents where many people where hurt..and also the minority (about 740) kandholhu dhuans have attacked.Their relatives from nearby islands came and attacked the original inhabitants.(the hulhudhuffaaru natives)..in these attacks they didnt make a difference between old or young,male or female.The people were hiding in the woods..from about one day or so.now the island is supervised by the army.But still the government dont want to change the people to a safer place. This is how the people of Kaafu atoll ,Huraa island are living their life now...in these tents.

...::Great Band check it out::...

non-profit, non-commercial and definetly insane music band. They label them as 'Bumaru'. I got these files from a portable laptop harddisk that roams around and havn't actually met these Bumarians. Rumors are that one of them is Schuau [schuau@hotmail.com] and lyrics by someone called solah and I have no idea about the vocalist. If anyone of you bumarians are reading this and don't like this to be published mail me :)-
:: Bumaru : Kaan [238K - Duration : 15 Seconds]
:: Bumaru : Sangey [847K - Duration : 54 Seconds]
:: Bumaru : Thayah [393K - Duration : 25 Seconds]
:: Bumaru : Zubair [576K - Duration : 36 Seconds]
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:: Bumaru : kippathi [253K - Duration : 16 Seconds]
:: Bumaru : kuda bodu muskuli [600K - Duration : 38 Seconds]