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For nearly three years, videos about Madagascar have been buzzing on the internet and especially on a well-known video platform. Generally, if we talk about the big island, it is about the devastation of nature, the misery, the incessant political crises and, on rare occasions, its beauty. Yes, 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 […]

After the closure of the borders in March 2020, and the partial reopening of the island of Nosy Be to tourists from October to March 2021, Madagascar is preparing for the reopening of its borders. The timetable has not yet been set by the authorities. Nevertheless, Madagascar is gradually setting up a vaccination campaign aimed at actors […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]