The Maldives are a favorite of well-heeled Westerners lured by its white sandy beaches.
The Maldives will introduce strict guidelines on conducting wedding ceremonies for tourists after a foreign couple was mocked and abused by staff members at a local resort, the president's office said Friday. The couple thought they were taking part in a marriage renewal ceremony conducted in the local Dhivehi language. But the officiant used the occasion to insult them and call them names.
The Maldives -- an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands south-southeast of India -- is a secular nation of 370,000 Muslims. But it is a favorite of well-heeled Westerners lured by its white sandy beaches.
The incident came to light when a YouTube video of the ceremony surfaced recently.
Read More:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/maldives.wedding.vows.controvesy/index.html?hpt=T2
The Maldives -- an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands south-southeast of India -- is a secular nation of 370,000 Muslims. But it is a favorite of well-heeled Westerners lured by its white sandy beaches.
The incident came to light when a YouTube video of the ceremony surfaced recently.
Read More:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/maldives.wedding.vows.controvesy/index.html?hpt=T2
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