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Article of Wikianswers http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_christmas_in_madagascar Christmas in Madagascar means a time of festivities for the people of the island. The day of Christ… Continue

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

This is not an article of a psychologist, nor a doctor, even less than an adept of Feng Shui, or other matter related to the sleep disorder. I speak about my own experiment. Thus I cannot assert scientific facts. Each one will experiment and confirm or not the observations of… Continue

What is the origin of the name of the country? The Arabs say that it results of "mata qash " = the distant country. It is to verify. I do not speak Arabic I can not say if it is true or not. According to the historians the traveler Marco Polo would have mentioned the island of Madagascar in his narratives. Others say that he confused with Mogadishu (in Somalia). But the name stayed. Although Portuguese and French called it Saint Laurent in the 16th and 17th centuries. Even the Natives don… Continue