Documentation of the Traditional Buruni Ballad of the Maldives

$50K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	Hulhevi Media
Country	Maldives
Start Date	Oct 07, 2011
End Date	Sep 06, 2015
Duration	1,430 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77601-48`

Grant Description

To support the documentation of the traditional Buruni ballad of the Maldives.

The Buruni Kamana Raivaru ballad has been an oral tradition of the Giraavaru people for more than a century but is fading into oblivion with the passage of time. The project involves the audio recording and transcription of the ballad in its entirety for preservation purposes.