The Boduberu is a Maldivian drum made from the wood of the coconut palm. This traditional instrument is used to accompany a performance of the same name, involving drumming, singing and a trance ...

Plus the music: Boduberu, a percussion dance music drawn from East Africa, which begins gently and builds to a cacophonous crescendo. Meanwhile, Maldivian arts and crafts transform palm leaves and ...

There are about 1,190 coral islands scattered across the Maldives, and with more than 170 transformed into island tourist ...