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November 2008 Blog Posts (1)

FAMILIY NAME : THE MALAGASY NAME, A PROPERTY, AN IDENTITY...

CHOICE OF THE CHILD'S NAME The Malagasy young boy is circumcised as soon as he is sufficiently strong to support the operation. The circumcision can be done individually or by group of children; it is according to the families and the areas. Circumcising a child is a way to introducing him into the adults social life, it is a way of allotting a NAME to him. The Malagasy baby girl is not excised. That is valid for all the island. Formerly, a Malagasy child received a NAME. Traditionally th… Continue

Added by ♥Dany♥ on November 4, 2008 at 4:02pm — 2 Comments