Culture
Long ago Addu City was ruled by families appointed by the sultans in Malé, and may have had a matrilineal system of inheritance; it is very much a man's world today. However, there was a recent period in Addu history when the status quo changed for a while, when a more matriarchal society developed and Women became the bread earners. During the Sultanate’s era, social standing in Addu depended upon one’s material
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