Why A Madagascar Community Digs Dead Bodies Out And Dances With Them Every Few Years

For the Malagasy community in Madagascar, practising famadihana (dancing with the dead) is an expression of love, respect, and honour for their ancestors ...
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Madagascar's youth revive ancestral rites in search of identity

Facing unemployment and social tensions, young people in Madagascar are returning to ancestral possession rituals and ...
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Madagascar's Karana people still awaiting nationality

MAHAJANGA, Madagascar – Since he was 15, Ibrahim Ickbal, a 50-year-old father of two, has worked in the same jewellery shop in the city of Mahajanga, on Madagascar’s northern coast. Although he barely ...
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Empowering the Malagasy people to fight against the illegal exploitation of Madagascar’s natural resources

As the three-year “Preserving Madagascar’s Natural Resources Program” (SCAPES) comes to a close, the challenge now rests with the Malagasy people to leverage new capacity to combat illegal ...