Showing posts with label Malagasy people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malagasy people. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

TRIVIA - MALAGASY TRIBES





Did you know that every four or five years the Malagasy of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, off southeast Africa, retrieve their dead from tombs that are half above ground and half below, expose them to the sunlight, toss them and catch them, and then wrap them in a new silk for reinterment. It is called "famadihana," and it is a time of much celebration, w tih singing and dancing.