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Garments to Electronics | Fish products
The Local Market | Souvenirs
 Garments
to Electronics
Shopping is the favorite activity for the
locals especially in the evenings, when it is cooler. The Majeedhee Magu,
which is the main road on the island, has along its sides various shops
selling goods from the smallest commodities to virtually everything you
could think of. The shops are well stocked with garments, perfumes and
cosmetics, jewelry, watches or electronics, to name just a few. Many find it
a pleasant experience to join the throngs of shoppers on the main shopping
streets in the evenings. All shops are open until 11.00 in the night, except
for prayer times, when they are closed for 15 minutes.
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Fish
products
Canned fish produced at the canning plant in
Felivaru, Lhaviyani Atoll is available in a number of shops in Male'. Tuna
used for canning are caught by the traditional pole and line method, as are
all fish caught in the Maldives, and therefore are 'dolphin friendly'.
Vacuum packed smoked fish and chipped dried fish are also available in many
super markets around Male'. These genuine Maldivian products would make
excellent gifts for a friend. Or just take some home and try them out
yourself.
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The
Local Market
The Local Market, just a block away from the
Male' Fish Market on the northern waterfront, is divided into small stalls.
Here the pace is slower and the atmosphere peaceful, compared to the hectic
activity in the rest of this neighborhood. Each stall is filled with a
variety of local produce mainly from the atolls. Here you will find
different kinds of local vegetables, fruits and yams, packets of sweetmeat,
nuts and breadfruit chips, bottles of home made sweets and pickles and
bunches of bananas hanging on coir ropes from ceiling beams. Another
building just next door sells smoked and dried fish
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Souvenirs
It is not difficult to find your way around
Male', especially if you carry a map with you. After all it is only two
square kilometers. The main street Majeedhee Magu, runs right across the
island from east to west. Chaandhanee Magu on the other hand runs from north
to south. Most souvenir shops line the northern end of Chaandanee Magu,
earlier known as the Singapore Bazaar for its many imports from Singapore.
Guides and vendors speaking in English and other foreign languages patiently
wait to serve the visitors. These shops are stocked with an ample supply of
gifts and souvenir items. Best buys include the 'thudu kuna' the Maldivian
mat woven with local natural fibers. Attractive too are the wooden miniature
'dhonis'. When shopping for souvenirs, do keep in mind that export of
products made of turtle shell, black coral, pearl oyster shell and red coral
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