Encyclopedia ID 913

Akuru Thaasbe

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Syllable-based Scrabble-like word game in Thaana script.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Maldives.

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of South Asia.

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Warli painting
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Block printing
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