Vezo: The last Sea Nomads

The Vezo (Vézos in French), sometimes called the “sea nomads”, form a people of Madagascar who once occupied the entire west coast of the big island and lived mainly from fishing. The Vezo are one of the last nomadic ethnic groups in the country. Fishermen, they leave far from their village. During this […]

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Quiet morning in Madagascar

It's still dark, I get up among my family in this morning freshness of June. In this season, in the highlands, the temperature is around zero. I pick up my blanket which also serves as my “lamba*” for the day. I'm cold but I have to get up, rekindle the fire […]

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Education in Madagascar

Education in Madagascar is quite distinguished. If in medieval times, before the 16th century, Arab sailors had set up the first primary Islamic schools (kuttabs) on the east and south-east coast of the island, and it was much later, around 1800, that the first European formal schools came into being. Education has always been accompanied by […]

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L’ Traditional authority in Madagascar

If in Madagascar, currently, the administrative power is held by the government, this has not always been the case as almost everywhere in the world. Indeed, this power has only recently appeared. Long before the appearance of this administrative hierarchy of Malagasy social life, the system of power was established […]

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“Papango”, the Malagasy kite.

The winter season has just started on the big island and comes with this freshness, games of all kinds. Of all the fun traditions of the Big Island, the kite is one of the most emblematic of winter. This traditional game of the highlands would come from the distant Indonesian ancestors, moreover, this game saw the […]

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Meeting wild animals in their natural habitat can be an exciting and life-changing experience, and it's one of the ways travel helps us connect with the world around us. But wildlife experiments that involve cruelty, unnecessary captivity, or inappropriate interaction […]

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“Tsikonina” or the’ art of doing like Mom.

A game children used to play, especially when major holidays, such as Independence Day, arrived. They made their own meals outside the village or on a playground or almost wherever they wanted and used miniature copies of the utensils of grown-ups. Today, this culture has almost disappeared […]

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The Sakalava matriarch in Madagascar

The Sakalava are an ethnic or rather cultural group from Madagascar occupying most of the western coastal fringe of the island, from the Tulear region in the south to the Sambirano region in the north. In fact, the Sakalava do not really constitute a homogeneous people but a group of diverse ethnic groups having made […]

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Madagascar and its feathered fighters

In all the traditions of the world, there are aspects that can clash with current modern culture. Among these rites and cultures are traditional sports. In this register, the cock fight could win the first place. Arrived on Madagascar, almost 800 years ago with migrants from Asia, […]

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We wish you a very Happy New Year

In this New Year, the entire Tour Malin Madagascar team wishes you all, without exception, a wonderful Year full of Health and Serenity. We have gone through 2020 with difficulties and restrictions. We have been impacted in our daily lives and in our lives. Such a situation only happens once every 500 years according to […]

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