"Laya Project is a musical and visual journey through coastal and surrounding villages in the path of the December 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Myanmar and Maldives.
Maldives
We traveled through the post-card islands of North Male Atoll, Baa Atoll, Maloosh Island, Kamadhoo Island, and Dhonfanu Island. The days were sunny and stretched long in the heat and blinding white pristine beaches.
Traditional Maldivian music is an unique mixture of influences from East Africa, South India, and the Middle East. The Maldivian Boduberu has its roots in East Africa. The lyrics have no meaning.
Musicians
Female Vocal: Shaheema Male Vocal: Yoosuf Adbul Qadir Boduberu Group Vocal and Percussion: Abdul Azeef Yoosuf, Yoosuf Al Rahman, Abdul Nasir, Abdullah Rasheed, Ahmed Sobah, Ahmed Hussein, Hassan Amir, Mohamed Ibrahim, Naushaad Abdullah, Zakariya Hameed, Mohamed Rasheed Bandiyaa Group: Zuhudha Abdull Kareem, Fathumath Surayya, Madheeha Adam, Zulayha Hassan, Shaheema Mohamed, Aishath Sathuna
Recorded on location by Yotam Agam and Patrick Sebag; Mixing and Mastering by Yotam Agam, Clementine Studios, India."
A visual journey documenting folk music recorded and filmed on location, some of these performances are rare and documented for the first ti
