Letters from Madagascar: Exploring life and culture on Earth’s oldest island Bates College graduate and former Sun Journal reporter Vanessa Paolella is now a Peace Corps volunteer living in ...

Traditions That Threaten By Dr. Claire Kremen. Evidence suggests the first human encounter with Madagascar's amazing biodiveristy occurred only two thousand years ago.

In Madagascar’s central highlands, the Merina tribe exhumes the remains of their ancestors and even dances with them in a sacred ritual. ... A traditional astrologer, known as an Ombiasy, ...

Traditional healers are held in high regard among some medical professionals in Madagascar, as well. Health minister, Professor Mamy Andriamananarivo – a trained surgeon – told Al Jazeera of ...

Tradition, faith collide in Madagascar. For as far back as their collective memory stretches, the Merina people of highland Madagascar have been exhuming the corpses of their dead relatives in a ...

Throughout Southern African there is a wealth of cultural diversity; of tradition, practice and ritual. Many cultural norms and values are positive and contribute to keeping traditions alive.

Tsapiky, a fusion of South African pop music and local Madagascar traditions, is a young style that began in the 1970s. It's not limited to any one ethnic tradition, which means everyone can feel ...

In Madagascar’s central highlands, the Merina tribe exhumes the remains of their ancestors and even dances with them in a sacred ritual. ... A traditional astrologer, known as an Ombiasy, ...