The Giraavaru islanders had certain customs of their own, the women, for example, used to wear distinctive white cloth patchwork bands on the neckpiece of their libaas dress (boavalhu) instead of the usual Maldivian golden or silvery thread designs.

The Giravaru people were resettled in nearby Hulhule Island, at the eastern edge of the Male' Atoll lagoon.

At the time of depopulation there were only a few coconut trees growing on Giraavaru and the water in the wells had become saline.

From the anthropological point of view there were, and still are, other distinctive groups of people in the Maldives, like in Huvadhu Atoll for example, having their particular customs, manners and even speaking markedly different language forms.

As of 2025, Works of reclaiming the Eastern side of the lagoon commenced as a way of relieving the overcrowding in Malé.