So, the night before National Day, on 12th January, we had the "Approval of Budget of Fuvahmulah Atoll Council for the year 2013" ceremony. Here's how the ceremony went:
Recitation of Holy Qur'an by Reesham
Bringing forth the budget to the ceremony by President of Fuvahmulah Atoll Council, Ali Fazaad
Speech by the Atoll Councillors on the budget
Vice Presicent of the Atoll Council, Abdullah Mohamed
Ali Shaah
Ibrahim Fikry
Mohamed Shafeeq Adnan
Ideas and questions of citizens of Fuvahmulah
Passing the Budget for 2013
Speech by GNAEC Principal, Mr.Abdullah Rasheed Ahmed on National Day
Since the following day was National Day, the organisers of the ceremony wanted to put some national colours in it, so they asked the Principal to give a speech on the subject, which was very insightful. I fully supported his words. He pointed out that, despite each household in the whole of Fuvahmulah, which has around 11,500 citizens, receiving an invitation for the ceremony, only about 100 people actually attended the ceremony and that it showed that we didn't care much about the work of our policy makers, even though their decisions would affect us all. He mentioned that we can't ask our children to love our country and to be patriotic if we aren't and that we should set better examples for the next generation.
Conclusion of the ceremony by the National Anthem
And how do I know this program by heart, because I was the compère and I had to go through the whole program at least twice, rewriting it! :D
On the morning of National Day, there was a special flag hoisting ceremony at 5.45, which I missed because I overslept, having slept late the night before and being tired because of the preparations for the celebrations! Pity, I know, I was really looking forward to attending it! But here are some pictures to show how it went. And again, everyone who attended noted out how little cooperation we received from the people of Fuvahmulah. Seriously people, you need to be more involved in such social activities. (I know I don't deserve the right to say such stuff, seeing as how I missed it, but I DO take part in most of the activities, so there ;) ) Remember the good old times when ( none of us would actually remember this, but if you read Dhivehi stories and accounts of Maldivian Scholars, you'd know this ;)) if one household built a boat, the whole island would cook meals and take them to the spot where the boat is supposed to be first immersed in water! Where is that oneness now?
Alright, enough with the questions and dwellings. There was an "Athugulhaalun" in the evening, which means lots of people would hold hands together to show our unity and oneness! Shiakko, Potayto, his friend Usher and I were going to attend it. But by the time Potayto was convinced that Iyad, another of his friends, wasn't joining us, it was over. We were on our way to the Fuvahmulah Stadium when we met the people who attended it leave. So we changed our course and went off to the beach to see the sunset. Not very patriotic, but a celebration, in our own unique way! ;) Unfortunately, there were some clouds and Potayto claimed that the sunset wasn't as beautiful as it was the day before (Him and Iyad have this habit of going to see the sunset almost every day! I envy them! ;)) But we had fun, nonetheless!
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| Shiakko and I- yes, she is wearing Buruga! Her first Day! |
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| Potayto trying to act gay with Usher :P |
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| Potayto, like a boss! (Y) |
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| Caught the two very photogenic people by surprise! :D |
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| The sunset, which Potayto claimed wasn't so beautiful because of the clouds! |
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| Potayto pretending to be Indian when Shiakko put this shell thingy on his forehead :D |
Thus ended National Day for me and my friends! :D
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