In the Antambahoaka in the south-eastern part of Madagascar, specifically in Mananjary, this cultural event called \u00ab\u00a0Sambatra\u00a0\u00bb 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.<\/p>\n
The next Sambatra circumcision event or ceremony will be in 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n Guaranteed departure, Combined tour with \u201cThe highland and the fce train, the retro\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the Antambahoaka in the south-eastern part of Madagascar, specifically in Mananjary, this cultural event called \u00ab\u00a0Sambatra\u00a0\u00bb 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[529,532,530,531,537,538,536,4101,4103,4100,534,535,533,4102],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe","tag-antambahoaka","tag-antambahoaka-cultural-event","tag-antambahoaka-culture","tag-antambahoaka-event","tag-collective-circumcision-of-sambatra","tag-malagasy-traditional-ceremony","tag-mananjary-sambatra-ceremony","tag-next-sambatra-ceremony","tag-next-sambatra-circomcision","tag-next-sambatra-event","tag-period-of-sambatra","tag-sambatra-ceremony","tag-sambatra-event","tag-sambatra-next-period"],"yoast_head":"\n