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Madagascar is an island country off the southeastern coat of Africa. It is the 4th largest island in the world. Its current population is around 30.8 million and its capital city is Antananarivo. I chose to do this country because I only knew it existed because of the movie Madagascar and I wanted to learn more about it.

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This sacred ritual occurs every 5 to 7 years. Known as the turning of the bones, people dig up the bodies of their deceased loved ones, reward the corpses in fresh cloth, and rewrite their names on the cloth to never be forgotten. people dance to live music while carrying the corpses over their heads. They celebrate the life lived by the dead person. This celebration is interesting.

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Natural Wonder: Montaigne d'Ambre National Park

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Natural Wonder: Montaigne d'Ambre National Park

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The waterfalls this national park offers are beautiful. The park's altitude ranges between 850 to 1,475 meters, creating a microclimate where you can spot lemurs along with many different birds and reptiles.

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This poplar animated movie series is one of the all time greats. It is about zoo animals from New York City who decide to make an escape and end up being washed ashore on the island of Madagascar where they meet other animals living there and have to survive.

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Romazava is one of the national dishes of Madagascar. It is typically made with beef, but can include other kinds of meats. It is turned in a sauce of tomato, garlic, ginger, and stewed mixed greens. The meat is very tender and falls apart.

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Typically houses in madagascar have piles to raise the house from the ground and have steeply sloping roofs to make them standout. Central pilars to support these roofs are widespread and traditional homes like the one above are built regardless whether the feature is suited to the local conditions.

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People from Madagascar wearing the lamba

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Lamba is the name of woven cloth of rectangular length that wraps around the body. It is highly symbolic of Magalsy culture. The lamba for daily wear is made of different material then that of worn for burials. The cloth has a variety of colors, stripes, geometric patterns, and shades of colors.

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The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga is a burial site that consists of venerated royal tombs along with numerous holy places such as its fountains, sacred basins and woods, and sacrificial stones. The Royal Hill is associated with strong feelings of national identity. To this day it remains a place of worship and a place of pilgrimage where people come from madagascar and elsewhere.

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A funerary monument of a woman from Western madagascar of the Sakalava people.

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Funerary monuments provide valuable information about the deceased without any written historical records of that person. The physical characteristics of the monument can tell the group the person was once a part of and the representation of who they saw the deceased person as.

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Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo was a Malagasy writer who was one of the most important African poets writing in French. He was considered to be the father of modern literature in madagascar. He wrote seven volumes of poetry before his tragic death. The world he created in his poetry was dominated by visions of death, catastrophe, and alienation.

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The National Animal of Madagascar is the ring-tailed lemur. The island of madagascar is known for its unique and diverse wildlife resulting from being ecologically isolated for millions of years.

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Madagascar - Malagasy Traditional Song and Dancers in Ambositra.

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Music: Malagasy Traditional Song and Dance

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Music: Malagasy Traditional Song and Dance

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This is a video of traditional singing and dancing in Ambositra, a city within Madagascar. I like the music and the instruments that ar being played along with the drums. Dancing to some music from madagascar sounds like fun.

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Madagascar - Malagasy Traditional Song and Dancers in Ambositra.