page_title: Ukulhas
section_title: Cultural music in Ukulhas
hierarchical_section_title: Ukulhas / Culture / Cultural music in Ukulhas
caption_attribution_description: English: 'Rahgudaa' (cultural music called 'Boduberu' band of Ukulhas)
context_page_description: Ukulhas, one of the inhabited islands of Alif Alif Atoll, is a uniquely featured, environmentally friendly island in the Maldives.
  Ukulhas is well known for its cleanliness, well-maintained waste management system and also known as first systematically waste managed island in the history of Republic of Maldives. Ukulhas conducts several cleaning and planting programs each year and organizes several awareness programs on waste management, marine ecosystems, and biodiversity. As being recognized as an environmental role model island in the Republic of Maldives, Ukulhas achieved a Green Leaf award in 2014 for its outstanding services on protecting and preserving the island's environment.
context_section_description: Boduberu is one of the most popular forms of traditional music and dance founds in Ukulhas even in the Maldives too. Boduberu is performed by about 15 people, including four drummers with background and a lead singer. Bodu beru is played with a set of drums and an Onugan’du. 
  Onudgadu is a small piece of bamboo which lays horizontal grooves, from which raspy sounds are produced by scraping.  The songs may be of heroism, romance or satire. The prelude to the song is a slow with emphasis on drumming, and dancing. As the song reaches a crescendo, one or two dancers maintain the wild beat with their frantic movements ending in some cases in a terrace. The costume of the performers is a sarong and white sleeved shirt.
caption: 'Rahgudaa' (cultural music called 'Boduberu' band of Ukulhas)
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