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The New National Museum will give Maldivians the opportunity \u201cto examine and reinterpret our culture and whole way of life\u201d, claims Ahmed Naseer, the state minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great museum complex that includes Male\u2019s best garden park. We now have a lot of space for people to express themselves in various ways, and where people can take refuge from this hectic life in Male. A place where they can relax, experience a bit of entertainment, and improve their historical and cultural knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can finally address many issues that have lain dormant in our society. Historians use old books and other things to interpret history, but in our case there are very few books and the questions about where Maldivians came from and who we were before and after we converted to Islam \u2013 these questions have remained unexplored. Through the museum we can start examining and interpreting periods of our history, and this will give us a chance to find some answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaldivians are very interested to learn about their heritage,\u201d Naseer believes. \u201cMost of it is not known. They will be able to question things for the first time. They were used to just obeying and accepting what they were told; not using their own minds. This is an opportunity for Maldivians to improve their knowledge of their past. They don\u2019t have to be afraid to ask questions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ahmed Naseer, the state minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture.<\/p>\n

via\u00a0A New Home for Maldives Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New National Museum will give Maldivians the opportunity \u201cto examine and reinterpret our culture and whole way of life\u201d, claims Ahmed Naseer, the state minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture. \u201cIt\u2019s a great museum complex that includes Male\u2019s best garden park. We now have a lot of space for people to express themselves in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,248,249,8,245,246,244,247],"class_list":["post-4548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","tag-art","tag-culture","tag-heritage","tag-maldives","tag-maldives-art-festival","tag-maldives-national-museum","tag-ministry-of-tourism-arts-and-culture","tag-sultan-park","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1bm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4541,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/01\/21\/inside-the-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":4548,"position":0},"title":"Inside the museum","author":"monochromist","date":"January 21, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Inside the museum","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lfd1v5Dcjq1qzsz45o1_250.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4544,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/01\/21\/inside-the-museum-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4548,"position":1},"title":"Inside the museum","author":"monochromist","date":"January 21, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Inside the museum","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lfd1ribKtI1qzsz45o1_250.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4547,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/01\/21\/we-have-to-show-our-appreciation-to-the-chinese\/","url_meta":{"origin":4548,"position":2},"title":"we have to show our\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"January 21, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"we have to show our appreciation to the Chinese government and assure them that we will utilise the facilities they have so kindly provided. 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