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Maldives: A traditional loom for weaving a feyli< / i> or Maldivian sarong, Eydhafushi Island, South Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Baa Atoll),1980

Eydhafushi Island, in Baa Atoll (South Maalhosmadulu Atoll), was once renowned for its <i>feyli</i> or sarong weavers. Eydhafushi is the capital of Baa Atoll.<br/><br/>. Asia's smallest and least-known nation, the Republic of Maldives, lies scattered from north to south across a 750-kilometre sweep of the Indian Ocean 500 kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka. More than 1000 islands, together with innumerable banks and reefs, are grouped in a chain of nineteen atolls which extends from a point due west of Colombo to just south of the equator.
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Title: Maldives: A traditional loom for weaving a feyli< / i> or Maldivian sarong, Eydhafushi Island, South Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Baa Atoll),1980
Caption: Eydhafushi Island, in Baa Atoll (South Maalhosmadulu Atoll), was once renowned for its feyli or sarong weavers. Eydhafushi is the capital of Baa Atoll.

. Asia's smallest and least-known nation, the Republic of Maldives, lies scattered from north to south across a 750-kilometre sweep of the Indian Ocean 500 kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka. More than 1000 islands, together with innumerable banks and reefs, are grouped in a chain of nineteen atolls which extends from a point due west of Colombo to just south of the equator.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Andrew Forbes / Pictures From History
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Image size: 5100 × 3386 px | 49.4 MB
Print size: 43.2 × 28.7 cm | 2007.9 × 1333.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ANDREW FORBES • APPAREL • ASIA • ASIAN • ATOLL • ATOLLS • BAA • CHANGING ROOM • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • CLOTHINGS • COSTUME • COTTON • DRESS • DRESSED • EYDHAFUSHI • FEYLI • GARMENT • HABIT • HANDICRAFT • HANDICRAFTS • INDUMENTARIA • ISLA • ISLAND • ISLANDS • LOOM • MAALHOSMADULU • MALDIVES • MALDIVIAN • MENSWEAR • ROBE • SARONG • SOUTH • SUIT • TAILOR • TOURISM • TOURISTS • WEAVING