Thadu’s Blog

Dark Truths; bao kalo naadhey, migey dhoshah naadhey!

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“… And even to those who seek to find the truths, it is a tough task to get a grip on the dark history of the Maldives. And like Napoleon once said, ‘What is history, but a fable agreed upon?’ The history that we are shown is only about the battles fought and won and the falsified stories of ‘Rannamaari’, ‘Handi Ganduvaru Dhonkama’, ‘Foolhu Dhigu Handi’ etc.! “

I always wondered why when we speak we have a tendency of adding ‘spices’ to the spoken words. When we speak, we are the bravest, the highest, and the noblest, even if we were hiding under the beds, and even if our men were clothed as women when we were attacked! And this story of Kalhu’oh’fummi hits my mind. It was a trip from one location to another, no miracles. It wasn’t a super speed trip, and the ship did not cross a dry land! Yet we teach our kids it as a miraculous trip! Our history is so dark, full of deceit, and even if there is a truth, a hundred lies accompany the single truth. Our life is been based upon tales!

And speaking of children, we are filling their minds with lies, lies and more lies. The dark stories in our history twisted into horror fables; that is what we share with our children as bed time stories. The story of rannamaari, the tale of a sex addict ruler – we don’t even care to mention the truth behind the story, yet we teach it in our classrooms. How beautifully the story is manipulated, the truths hidden, lies accompanied, tuned to a fine bed time story!

And the foolhu dhigu handi, what a beautiful story to related to our children. Was it actually a foolhu dhigu handi that Amina’bi saw or was it a man satisfying himself? And was it a dhigu foolhu that was penetrated into Amiha’bis house, or was it the manly organ of the guy Amina’bi met at the mosque?

And the song that is sung by Amina’bi every night when Hassan Thakuru was at home; ‘Bau kalo naadhey, migey dhoshah naadhey, migeyaku nei ro kujjeh . . .’ what is the truth behind this song? Could it be a signal to the guy who visits Amina’bi when Hassan Thakuru was out fishing? Could this song be a warning to him, that Hassan Thakuru is at home today! Stay away! Come tomorrow!

Yes, the story of foolhu dhigu handi is a twisted tale of a ‘triangle love’ story, or devilish sex story. This is what a few historians reveal about the truth behind foolhu dhigu handi.

In fact, Dhivehi teachers and historians of the Maldives do know very well the truth behind every such story. Yet they prefer to keep the truths hidden and to relate the falsified stories to kids! Out history is dark…Perhaps there is a reason why such stories has been passed from generation to generation in a cryptographic manner. It might be to inform us of the dark history Maldives. To inform us that our past was all about desires!

-thadu

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