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Donia Nosy Be festival
The festival « Donia » or « The beautiful life » is a spectacular meeting both music and tourism because Nosy Be is one of the best tourist destinations in Madagascar. Donia Nosy Be festival lasts from five to seven days but whether it is days or nights a non-stop atmosphere that lovers can live fully. This annual festival is recognized Malagasy cultural heritage due to the meeting of several local and international cultures in one place and in the same time. A major cultural festival of the Indian Ocean named « Festival of World Music » by WOMEX or World Music Expo.
See you June 1 to 5, 2022
Guaranteed departure, combined tour with Landscapes of the North
Malagasy new year
The Malagasy refer to the movements of the stars and destinies are related to the concept of space and time. The Malagasy New Year changes from year to year because it is based on the lunar calendar and the season of harvest. The day that follows the first full moon of the year is called « Alahamady be » or the first day of the traditional Malagasy year which is a Thursday. The celebration lasts a few days and is followed by « hira gasy », dance, music, « kabary » and « nofon-kena mitam-pihavanana » or zebu meat. Like any great family encounter, the custom is always followed by reconciliation and introducing.
See you in 2020
Combined tours
Famadihana, exhumation or turning over of the dead
This cultural trip in Madagascar show youthe ceremony turning over the dead culture or « Famadihana », it concists to turn the whole body called also turning bones. the famadihana is a highland culture in generally but more practical among the Merina. For the Malagasy people, there is a rather special relationship between the living people and the dead or ancestors. The principle is that ancestors have the power to communicate and help the living pepole by connecting them with God or “Zanahary”. The « Famadihana » takes place from 5 to 10 years according to family system, the ceremony consists of repatriating a deceased person to the family tomb or exhuming the remains of one or more dead by offering them new ones shrouds during the dry season August to September. This is a great reconciling opportunity and bringing together all the members of the big family by getting to know each other.
You could add Famadihana in your cultural tour in Madagascar
Famadihana periods: August and September
Combined tours
Sakalava Fitampoha ceremony
The Fitampoha ceremony or Bath of the Sakalava Royal Relics consists of washing relics of ancient kings in the Tsiribihina River on Ampasy Island near Belo sur Tsiribihina, the ceremony of fitampoha is celebrated every five years and lasts for one week except fady days. or banned on Mondays and Wednesdays. The fitampoha translates into bathing royal relics, zebu sacrifices, folk dances or kilalaky, songs, « tromba » whose deaths speak through possessed and sexual orgies that symbolize chaos in the beginning before the arrival of the sovereign « zanahary » or God.
See you in 2022, august 4 till 12
Guaranteed departure, combined tour with “Trip down Tsiribihina River and Tsingy of Bemaraha”
The Sambatra circumcision in Mananjary
In the Antambahoaka in the south-eastern part of Madagascar, specifically in Mananjary, this cultural event called « Sambatra » celebrated 4 weeks and is held every 7 years. The sambatra ceremony consists of gathering hundreds of little boys for the collective circumcision, a passage to become brave and to integrate in the community of men. They shed no tears so as not to disappoint or offend the gods.
The next Sambatra circumcision event or ceremony will be in 2028.
Guaranteed departure, Combined tour with “The highland and the fce train, the retro”
Zafimaniry Antoetra trekking tour
Overview
The Zafimaniry trekking allows you to discover the Zafimaniry people and them way of life, they are intelligent, a whole tribe who has inherited know-how unique in the world. The zafimaniry art of carved wood is an atypical architectural style of the habitat of these villagers. Now Zafimaniry art is classified Madagascar world cultural heritage of UNESCO, a sacred original craft, a must-see place, which offers you a stage both cultural and sports.
Details
Departure city
Antananarivo
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Duration |
Type |
Axis |
Level |
Availability |
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5days/4nights |
Trekking |
Highland |
1 |
All the year |
Itinerary
Day 1: Antananarivo / Ambositra
On the way to Ambositra, passing through Antsirabe a city of colonial architecture. Arrived in Ambositra we already find some exhibitions of carved wood in stores.
People, culture, landscapes
Overnight hotel accommodation
Day 2: Ambositra / Antoetra / Sakaivo
Beginning of the hike from 5 to 6 hours walk from the village of Antoetra. Go through forests, Catholic construction that was a rocky platform before, but it was formed into a large cross and not to forget the beautiful view.
Overnight bivouac
Day 3: Sakaivo / Ankidodo
Continue the hike for 6 to 7 hours through rice fields and some forests before arriving at Tetezandotra, a village of sculptors. And further afield are Vohitrandriana, an other steep zafimaniry village with a beautiful view and Faliarivo. To end the day, go down to the village of Ankidodo where you will spend the night at the camping site.
Overnight bivouac
Day 4: Ankidodo / Ifasina / Antoetra / Ambositra
A last step of 5 to 6 hours of walking. Pass through mountains and valleys to regain Antoetra via some original villages and typically zafimaniry especially the village of Ifasina.
Overnight hotel accomodation
Day 5: Ambositra / Antananarivo
Back to Antananarivo
End of the tour
Ambohimanga Rova sacred hill
The site of Ambohimanga rova located on the blue hill and surrounded by a forest is one of the 12 sacred hills of Antananarivo the most visited. In the entrance, a beautiful traditional door in laterite with a large stone disk, a palace in black rosewood cage adorned with a commemorative plate, a meeting both nature and history. This cultural heritage was founded in 1700 and the villages that did not know a big change until our days, a real simplicity quasi-deprivation. The place offers a very beautiful point of view of Ambatomiantendro or the rock that points to the sky, a rock where kings and queens played fanorona which is an emblematic Malagasy game.
Fleure Bleue association
Given the situation of people who could not go to school or study, the « Fleur Bleue » association was born in 1999 in Ambohimanarivo Andranonahoatra Antsirabe. The association’s mission is to help people in a way to provide free professional training in order to flourish in a better field to have a better standard of living.
Apart from that, the association takes care of the out-of-school children of the district so that these children will have a better life in the future. To click is to help them!
Ethical charter of traveler and ecotourism
« ETHICAL CHARTER OF TRAVELER AND ECOTOURISM »
« There are no bad tourists, but badly informed travelers ». To help inform these travelers, here is a simplification of the traveler’s ethical charter.
Respect is the guarantee of a better meeting
To travel responsibly respecting the ethical charter, we must first respect and understand the rules and traditions of the place where we are and not judge them.
Live at the pace of where you are
Talk and ask before taking pictures
Avoid provocative outfits
Make all the necessary vaccinations before your departure
Money, goods, food do not have the same value everywhere
The difference in standard of living between travelers and local people can be a source of problems. It is necessary to take the measure of the gift offered or received in local value.
Think before making a donation
Do not give drugs
Make the most of the local economy (hotel, transport, guide, cook …)
Only the footprint of our footsteps
Each tourist has a responsibility towards his place of destination, so it is important for everyone to minimize their footprint on this environment.
Do not leave rubbish behind you
Do not go off the trails, do not drive off-piste
Observe … by far
Do not feed animals, do not touch them
Do not pollute the water (which can be a very rare resource in some places)
Cultural heritage records the history of future generations
Cultural heritage is an invaluable asset for every country in the world. The challenge is not only to preserve it for ourselves but also for future generations.
Do not degrade works of art, sites and monuments
Do not move stones and objects
Do not buy these items as « souvenirs »
