Official ceremony to mark National Day concludes.
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Friday 19 Apr 2024
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Official ceremony to mark National Day concludes.
President said that in order to preserve independence, sovereignty and individuality, Maldivians must first understand their history; where they come from and how they lived.
It isn’t nationalism to have the seas Bodu Thakurufaanu calmed, made perilous with drugs and trafficking. Drugs and gang crimes are things that come closer, the more you move away from nationalism.
President Solih
President said all social issues seen today rooted from lack of connection to features of nationalism.
It has been 50 years since tourists began visiting Maldives. If we didn’t have hospitality and kindness, Maldives would not be the world’s most popular tourist destination.
President Solih
President said the Maldives’ nationality and Islamic faith was a responsibility that had been protected and preserved by Maldivian ancestors and handed over to the current generation.
Bodu Thakurufaanu believed that the aggression Portuguese showed in the name of sea eagles was only be counters with a power from the sea, and that it was Maldivians who were the sea power with the vision and skills for it.
President Solih
President begins delivering his remarks.
The brutality of the Portuguese was described by the Maldivians of the past as the days when the Maldivian seas were colored red with the blood of Maldivian children. The hero born to an island in the far north of Maldives, one of the smallest Maldivian islands, Utheem, is a commander whose struggle was singular in world history.
Home Minister Imran
Mohamed Thakurufaanu, the hero born in Utheem, was an exceptional commander in the world’s history.
Home Minister Imran
Home Minister Imran Abdulla begins delivering his remarks.
Official ceremony to mark National Day begins.
President Solih and First Lady Fazna participate in the flag hoisting ceremony to mark Maldives’ National Day. The ceremony was held at Ganduvaru Maidhaan in H.A. Utheemu.
