Folk Tales of the Maldives Isan McKhann is professor of anthropology

McKhann is professor of anthropology

This revision uses the Sanskrit rather than Pali forms of Buddhist terms

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Boonlua Debyasuvarn was born to a noble Siamese family in 1911 and not only witnessed

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Folk Tales of the Maldives Isan McKhann is professor of anthropologyXavier Romero Frias 2012, 240 pp. 15x23 cm. The Maldives are mainly known as an equatorial tourist paradise to the south of India but some will know the archipelago risks drowning owing to global warming. Far less is known about the people, who have occupied these islands for millennia but whose deep indigenous culture is today under threat from a multitude of external forces. This volume is a collection of 80 traditional short stories and legends