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In memory of the history and identity of the Malagasy people by Hotel ★★★ Restaurant gourmand coconut Lodge Majunga

The new Malagasy year or Taom-baovao malagasy, an event being discussed at the level of the company, both in social networks, in the media but also in everyday life. For this year, the celebrations take place the 08, 09 and 10 March. Despite discussions, the celebrations were held at the Tahala Rarihasina Monday 7 March or several festivities marked the event : dance, music, Conte, poem, Workshop and conference. Il is also on this day of 10 March 2016 the celebration at Ambohidrabiby, characterized by the "afo tsy maty..

Ignition of the "flame eternal/Afo tsy maty., the Ahmed or bath and the inauguration of the new year by the Tatao are among the most significant rites of this festivity. As this time of the year corresponds to a moment where everything ends and is renewed at the same time, also, to welcome in the new year, is it primordial everything everyone is clean, exempted from dirt and impurities, where the meaning of Ahmed or "rite of purification..

Return to the Divya Soa / Cultural values and religious Malagasy namely "Fihavanana" and "Fifanomezan-kasina" requires a purification of the heart, body, thoughts but also (and especially) of the environment.

Force is to ask is it n is not two new Malagasy year in a year, recall that in 2013, There is a conflict between the Zana-dRanavalona or Andriamasinavalona of Anosimanjaka, and Zana-dRalambo from Ambohidrabiby. For the Zana-dRanavalona, the new Malagasy year found around August, but for Zana-dRalambo, It is set around the month of March, being a tradition established by King Ralambo since 540 years. The latter has been formalized in 2004 by Trano Koltoraly.

Asian
This celebration is inherited from the Asian tradition in the 13th century where the first month of the year was the Asaramanitra, lying in September, This was at the beginning of the season Lohataona, period of renewal of life and the renewal of culture-friendly. During his reign in the 16th century, King Ralambo instituted a reform by moving the beginning of the year in the month of Alahamady, month of birth.
This event also associated itself Ahmed but also the Fitampoha for Menabe and the Fiandravanana for the Betsileo.

What is important, It is that the Malagasy values this element of its culture, like the other countries, as China celebrated the Chinese new year. It is not to say that it is outdated. It is an event like so many other days, as we who are celebrating the new year according to the Gregorian calendar, Halloween or thanksgiving for Americans. Why the Malagasy would not have the opportunity to celebrate its own holidays and the new year, with its own rituals that give a bit of sense and meaning to life.

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