Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Leah Hamilton Period 8 Madagascar

All About That Madagascar
By: Leah Hamilton

My country is Madagascar. Madagascar is a very small isolated island that's off the east coast of Africa. I think Madagascar is different than other countries in the world. Despite them being the poorest country in africa; they have many unique customs. The coolest on to learn about was the bone ceremony is when family members dig up another dead family member after they’ve been dead for 5 years. Then after they have the body the take out the bones and clean them. After that it’s up to the family to decide what they want to do with the bones, they either put the bones back into the tomb where they were or they dress up the bones in a shirt and hat and dance with it and pass it around, shortly after the family has each has their turn with the bones, the bones go in a family tomb or in the side of a cliff. I think is very cool and different than what we do in the US but I also think this custom can get very gross, especially when you take the bones out. Another trait I had was food. I thought the food one was very interesting because most every meal in Madagascar has some sort of meat in it that's then  served over rice, even the drink that have burnt rice in it. The most popular meal in Madagascar is Romazava. It’s main ingredients are beef garlic ginger and different assortments of vegetables and spices. I thought the meals in Madagascar were cool because we Americans only eat rice maybe 3 time every few weeks but if a Madagascar family has no rice they barely have a meal. Another one of my trait is my government one. For my government trait was about the Capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo. It was founded in 1600 by french soldier, the soldier's named this part of the land after their king, King Antananarivo. The placing of Antananarivo is very convenient because it is easy to see enemy attacks. I think the capital is very interesting because in all the photos I found and saw made the city look very pretty. The coolest fact about Antananarivo as the placing of it. The last trait I chose was one of my religion traits. I chose this one because it was my favorite one to look up. My trait was about the 2 most popular holidays, Independence day (June 26) and New Years. Since these holidays are so close, people in Madagascar celebrate them together. When they celebrate them the start off by having brunch with the family. After that in the evening, certain people throw balls at their house or at a fancy restaurant. At these balls, they start with a traditional dance called afindrafindrao, a line dance. One couple leads off dancing and the others following in a train. After this the people light up candles and put them in lanterns and walk up and down the streets. People are very happy during this time because they get new clothes and lots of rice to eat. This was my favorite trait to look up because I love how all the people get new clothes and always start off their balls with the same traditional dance. I think Madagascar is a very cool and unique country that has special and rich history that I wish I knew more about. 

10 comments:

  1. I find Madagascar fascinating and I'm glad you chose it for your country. It's a difficult country to understand and you did a good job picking interesting topics that relate to students. I was interested in the bone ceremony and wonder what tribal areas do continue to take part in this today.

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  2. You memorized your country very well and you picked very interesting topics about it.

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  3. You memorized your country very well and you picked very interesting topics about it.

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  4. You presented very well and I think having rice in every meal kinda relates to America. It can relate to some countries that have rice in every meal.

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  5. Having rice and beans in most meals is like Belize, which is my country. Also you knew a lot about the dance.

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  6. Having rice and beans in most meals is like Belize, which is my country. Also you knew a lot about the dance.

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  7. You did a good job on your presentation.I think that having rice every meal is kind of similar to the US and many other countries.

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  8. You presented very well. I found it very interesting that they use rice in every meal. Great job!

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  9. It's cool that they use rice in every meal. I think they have some rice in Israel too.

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  10. I learned a lot about your country and your pictures were good.

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