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aburu (Kaashi + Gaburu)

Kalhu Vakaru Chaalu
Laggamunn'
Makaru Haalu
Kakkamunn'

(Beautiful ebony wood keeps drifting onto the shores, while the people cook elusive roosters)

Veligalaa Chakass Adinn'
Fari Kohh' Neshi 
Huifilan'daa
Odi Kaa Bodu Masburi Riha

(A sea-cucumber content with a meal of sperm whale curry danced beneath the silt and sandstone)

Kaalaa Ban'du Dhamaalaa
Mee Gadhee Raajje Baa?
Ruhh' Nethi Falhu Mathi Mala
Nala Fahnn'thoshi Fehi

(It pondered whether this really is a Maldives fit for the coming generations, where no coconut palm trees graced the skyline)

Fulha Gulha Elhi 
Masgan'du Faru Vilu Kan'dashaa
Dhunn' Nethi Dhaa Thari Ali Gulha
Hunn' Gadha Vefa Vaa Udekey

(Where people died in great numbers everyday due to lack of nutrition, where the dead were so many that most of the dead bodies filled with maggots were not buried and left to drift with the current onto lagoons, reefs and the open ocean, when shooting stars and orbs did not grace the feverish night sky)

Bunn' Vefa Thibi Buhh' Nulibifa
Kiru Mainn' Dhemiothumuge
Aalamu Dhonn' Veli Fasgan'du
Ka'bbin' Mulhi Rahh' There Yahh'

(One day, when all the wet nurses and mothers suddenly died, leaving no one to feed the newborn babies and infants)

Kaiyy' Nuvi Kann'veriyaa Ahh'
Kiyavaa An'gayahh' Levi
Valhulaa Mann'tharu Hedhi
Ruh Gahss Fahnn' Fahnn'ditha Molhu

(A great white magician among them decided to do act to save the bloodline of the first-settlers, therefore he made a magical mixture out of herbs and put a little piece inside the mouths of all the deceased women)

Lha Kudhinn' Nahh'
Mammaa Ey 
Mi Gahunn' Kiru Libigenn' Vey
Kaatt'aa Kurum'baa Mini

(Out of their buried skulls instantly grew coconut trees filled with young and mature coconuts and those trees became the mothers that fed the newborns)

Odi Dhoann'yaa Gevalhahh' Fahnn'
Boduberakahh' Ruhh' Budu Ken'di
Kuni Kehumahh' Fathi iloshi
Karu Hikumah Kurum'baa Fenn'

(The mothers also gave Maldivians timber for boat-building, thatch for housing, wood for crafting traditional Maldivian drums, material for making brooms to keep the island clean and nutrient rich coconut water to quench their thirsts during their work)

Dhenn' Loamaafaanu Gayaa
Faiyy'thooraa Foiyy' Thakugaa 
Avahahh' Liye Favaa Laa 
Kaashi Gaburu Bahuru Vaa

(So why don't we write and engrave the story of the coconut mothers onto the copper plate records and governmental publications)

Artwork by:

Jille Hameed

https://www.instagram.com/p/BosCs9unmGE/…

2nd Image Source:

https://sc02.alicdn.com/…/Fresh-Green-Young-Coconuts.jpg_35…

BACKSTORY:

A Maldivian legend says that Maldives had no coconut trees during the time of the first inhabitants. Then a lot of the first inhabitants started dying in great numbers, but a great white magician or fahnn'ḍita man decided to resolve the evident scarcity in food which might have lead to the mass deaths. He thus placed a magical mixture made out of herbs and leaves inside the mouths of the deceased and buried them and thus, coconut trees grew out of the skulls of the buried corpses. Therefore, the coconut tree is said to have an anthropomorphic origin according to Maldivian folk lore. The coconut tree is our national tree, in addition to food, it also gave boats to our ancestors to fish and sail, thatch to make houses, coir-rope for various practical uses, wood to make traditional drums, material for making brooms for cleaning, etc.

This maybe the reason why naashi means both skull and coconut shell.

Reference: "The Maldive Islanders: A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom" by Xavier Romero Frías, The existence of this myth has also been verified by Soadhube' and other local historians.

Kaburu (Kaashi + Gaburu)

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Kaburu (Kaashi + Gaburu)

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