‘No government will’ to protect Maldives cultural heritage
Yumna Maumoon, the former heritage department director, said there was no point in signing agreements that could not be honoured.
12 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
Plans to document Maldivian cultural artifacts have been criticised by the former director of the heritage department, who said the government had “no will” in protecting them in the first place.
Yumna Maumoon, who is also the niece of President Abdulla Yameen and daughter of ex-ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said there was no point in signing agreements that could not be honoured.
She made the remarks after the government on Tuesday launched the Maldives Heritage Survey, an online database documenting the country’s tangible cultural heritage.
It will catalogue historical structures and is led by Dr Michael Feener from the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
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