Haguraamafasgadu Sarahahdhu

This interview features Ibrahim Easa, an 89 year-old elder from N. Lhohi. He describes how people from N. Lohi people built a trap to catch people who were looting nearby small islands. They built a hall at Gaagan'du dhan'du sarahahdhu. The job of looking out for the looters was given to Toddy Man. The floor of the hall was designed to fall when the rope was cut. Food was prepared to serve in the hall and when the looters arrived and went inside the hall, the Lhohi people cut the rope, the hall floor fell, and the looters were buried alive.
Credits:
Interviewer: Ibrahim Mujah
Executive Producer: Mohamed Shamran, Ibrahim Mujah
Translated By: Moosa Shahudhu
Edited by: Mohamed Shamran
The full metadata for this oral history interview can be found in the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey database under record (MAHS-MDV-NON-LHO-S-005-OH-001).
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