République de Madagascar

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Madagascar

Culture

LocationsColonization

Brief History

Language Fun Facts

Location, Capital and Surrounding CountriesLocation

Indian Ocean southeast of Africa. Capital is Antananarivo Size

World’s 4th largest island. Twice the size of ArizonaThe closest country

Mozambique

Geography

ColonizationFrench

France annexed Madagascar in 1896Previous Slave Groups

Difference in education due to ethnicity

Westernization

Brief HistoryNatives

Natives are called MalagasyColonization

Colonized when French invaded in 1894Rebellion

Jean Ralaimongo led a rebellion. 80,000 Malagasy were killed

Independence

Gained Independence in June 26, 1960

LanguagesOfficial language

Standard Malagasy French Language

Dominant language during 1896-1960 Malagasy was 2nd language

Rejection of French influence

Malagasy was prominent in education which led to rejectionReturn to French Language

Society was failing and began to speak French again

Music, dances, and sportsThe standard music is mostly percussive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMvTiBGpK8&feature=related but there’s concerts with modern instruments

Dances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQS-7iNLtHI&feature=related

Sports

Athletics, football, boxing, judo, tennis, and basketball.

Women’s basketball and tennis are 2 biggest sports

Religion and foodReligion

52% hold indigenous beliefs, 41 percent are Christian, 7% are Muslim

Food

Rice is the staple of Malagasy Diet. Eaten with kabak (fish, meat or chicken). Side dishes are used to add flavor. Food is prepared fried, grilled, boiled in water, or cooked with coconut juice

Hand gestures, animals, and currency Gestures

Right hand is for eating. Finger food is to be eaten with the right hand. Handshakes are followed by touch on the elbow, vulgar hand gesture is to put your hand in front of you with fingers spread apart. It’s polite to cover mouth when coughing

Animals

No monkeys, zebras, lions, or camels. Have lemurs, boa constrictors, iguanas and others

Currency

Malagasy Ariary

RecipeBanana Fritters

1½ cups all-purpose flour4 or 5 medium-sized ripe bananas3 eggs1 cup milk6 Tbsp sugarvegetable oil, as needed for deep-fryingconfectioners' sugar

Served as part of a meal, not dessert

5 French WordsLa farine – flour

la banane – banana

l'œuf – egg

le lait – milk

le sucre - sugar

Fun FactsFourth largest island

Unlike the Movie

80% of animals are rare

Vanilla 60% of world’s exports come from Madagascar

Red Island – Red Sand

True Malagasy meal