Little-known Facts About Madagascar

Every 7 years, people hold a "bone replacement ceremony" with activities such as dancing, eating and talking with the corpse.
Little-known facts about Madagascar
Madagascar is an island country rich in culture and possessing a rich flora and fauna. Here, visitors can explore the diverse nature, dance with lemurs or learn history with stories about pirates.
The people are native to Asia
The island nation is separated from Africa by the Strait of Mozambique and far from Asia. However, the people here are originally from Southeast Asia

. From more than 2,000 years ago, Malaysian-Indian seafarers arrived here. Today, the Malagasy culture has many similarities with Southeast Asians. Their food is mainly rice and the language comes from here In particular, people like to be called Malagasy instead of Africans.




The custom of dancing with the dead
Many Malagasy believed animism, they maintained the custom of dancing with the dead or "the return of the skeletons". In the island nation, death is not an end and a negative, but just another form of life. Thus, they often excavate graves and dance with their skeletons as a form of veneration for the deceased.
Every seven years, people excavate the grave again and dance with the corpse. Photo: News Week.
Men's and women's traditional clothing is the same
Most countries have traditional costumes for the 2 sexes. However, both men and women in this island nation share a long fabric to wear or wrap around the body On each special occasion, people will choose from a variety of styles and colors.



It could be red, white, black and blue, brown. This traditional clothing also works to tie children behind.
4th largest island in the world
With an area of more than 592,000 km², this country is the 4th largest island in the world, after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. It has diverse terrains and habitats, from volcanoes and highlands to rainforests and sandstone cliffs.
The National Parks Organization was established in 1990 to conserve natural resources. Photo: Natural World Safari.
Hundreds of species are not found anywhere
Nearly 90% of wild animals appear only in this island nation. The highlight is more than 70 species of lemurs, 16 of which have disappeared since humans came here.



In addition, you can explore up to 346 species of reptiles, more than 6,000 species of endemic plants and some carnivores such as the Fossa. Today, in addition to human production, deforestation, fire, erosion or alien species threaten the island's biodiversity.
Many beautiful baobab trees
When you talk about the Baobab tree, you often think of the African black continent. However, the island nation of Madagascar owns 75% of the most beautiful trees in the world. This country is also proud to be home to 6 out of 9 species of baobab in the world. Several other species are found in Australia, the Arabian peninsula and mainland Africa.
To admire the Baobab trees, visitors can go to the Menabe region, where the trees stand on both sides of the avenue. The old trees here used to be part of the tropical forest, but they were gradually wiped out for agricultural land.




The Baobab tree is considered a national symbol. Photo: Travel Triangle.
The "old paradise" of the pirates
During the 17th and 18th centuries, this island nation was a pirate shelter by fjords, secluded. They often come here to repair ships and prepare food, before launching their attack in the Indian Ocean. In the 1690s, pirates used to prosper on the island. Today, visitors can visit the pirate cemeteries when coming here.
According to Lan Huong / Vnexpress
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