“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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Myths and beliefs around the lemur

The myths and associated practices testify to the richness of the relationships that human populations have maintained with lemurs, endemic animals of the island, since the arrival of humans in Madagascar. The representations with regard to lemurs differ at every point of the territory: Founding ancestors, benefactors, prohibitions (on hunting, consumption, […]

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The rickshaw of Madagascar

As soon as you arrive in Madagascar, it comes to your mind to know: what are the most typical means of transport in this remote island. At first glance, if you land from the airport of the capital, nothing suggests such means as when you interfere in the small neighborhoods of the […]

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The musical colors of Madagascar

The highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Arabia, England, France and the United States, as and as successive waves of settlers made the island their home. Traditional instruments reflect these extended origins […]

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The rice season in Madagascar

Outside of Asia, Madagascar has the longest history of rice production. Wetland rice production systems are well developed and rice terraces are frequently found along the roads between Antananarivo and Fianarantsoa. Rice cultivation is present in almost all districts of the country. There […]

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