photo bashi: daniel lafiya
Al'adu na Maldives yana sanin hanyoyi daban-daban kuma abubuwan ci gaba sun rinjayi ci gaban ta. Kusanci ya kasance kusancin ta da Sri Lanka da kudancin Indiya, gabas da Afrika, zuwa tarin tsiburai Malay kuma zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya sakamakon jujjuyawar da yayi zuwa Musulunci a cikin karni na goma sha biyu, kazalika da wurin da yake a cikin Tekun Indiya a mahadar hanyoyi daban-daban hanyoyin ruwa.
photo bashi: daniel lafiya
Hakanan akwai abubuwan asali Larabci, Afirka, e Indonesiyanci. Al'adu na Maldives raba halaye da yawa tare da Sri Lanka da Kerala, musamman al'ada mai karfi kayan mata.
La kiɗa na Maldives, kamar su Bodu Beru (a zahiri "babban ganga"), ya gane asalin Afirka, yayin da wasu halaye na al'ada suke kamanceceniya da abubuwan larabci da yankunan arewa na india.
Wani fasali na jama'a Maldives shine damu yawan sakin aure idan aka kwatanta shi dabi'u ya saba a kasashen musulmai ko Kudancin Asiya, wannan yana nuna babban mataki na yanci cewa matan Maldives game da rayuwarsu.
La jama'a na Maldives kusan kusan keɓaɓɓe ne islamic. Amma warewa Maldives na cibiyoyin tarihi Musulunci a Gabas ta Tsakiya da Asiya sun ba wa wasu izini imani da halaye jahiliyya tsira. Akwai imani mai yaduwa a ciki aljannu, ko ruhohi mugaye. Don kariya daga wadannan munanan halayen, mutane sukan juya zuwa ga laya ko fasahar sihiri.
Matsayin waɗannan imani ya sa wasu masana suna ganin akwai wani tsari sihiri-addini layi daya zuwa Musulunci da aka sani da fanditha, wanda ke ba mazauna tsibirin wata hanyar sirri ta magance matsaloli a cikin su yana rayuwa. Koyaya wannan shine al'ada cewa a yau kawai ya ragu a cikin yankunan yankunan karkara.
photo bashi: daniel lafiya