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
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