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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

LE KABARY From a very young age, I have been amazed by eloquent people, whether in gesture or in speech. To me, they are wise and learned. For any event, the Malagasy never departs from these sessions of oratory contests between two or more parties. This is called the Kabary or by […]

The sun is not yet pointing its rays in the eastern sky of the great that I already get up with my mom. My name is Behaja, I am 7 years old and I am preparing to go to school which is in Aragnana, it is almost an hour's walk from my small village of […]

As in all cultures of the world, the women of Madagascar are not to be outdone when it comes to the search for beauty. If you travel the roads of the island from the North to the South or from East to West, you will surely come across women adorned with color on their faces. These are […]

The Baobabs of Madagascar Imposing and poetic trees, the baobabs bring legends to life. The sight of this majestic tree instantly feeds everyone's imagination and curiosity. According to a local legend, the "Zanahary" found the baobabs a little too proud and to punish them, he replanted them upside down. Madagascar has […]