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 ulture in Madagacar is like its Nature : rich, lively and varied. Insularity added to a very limitated level of communication (lack of roads) on great areas of the country, favoured certain people to live isolated and thus to preserve their own culture through running time in spite of mondialisation and the colonisation which lasted more than 60 years.Nowadays, about 80% of the population are still country-dwellers. They live almost exclusivelyon Nature fruit. This link with the ground is very strong ? Besides, the traditional beliefs grant this ground a sacred concept : it belongs to the ancestors. The animist and the chamanic rites are still much followed, except in general in urban centres where religious influences, especially Christian and Islamic, (Western region) are today in the majority. Music and songs are strongly influenced by religion, and practiced at many circumstances (tromba, celebrations, funerals, etc...). Oral culture remains the dominant feature in the Malagasy daily life(speeches, songs, etc...). In spite of the existence of Malagasy texts in Arabic writing,, but reserved to initiates (« sorabe »), the progress in writing is only due to recent influences (European) dating XIXth Century withthe introduction of Christianity . Nowadays yet, time in Madagascar is a circular, not a linear concept. The culture of the «mora-mora», that of taking one's time and living fully one's present. That can disconcert the foreigner used to speed and haste. Non-violence and search of friendly solution is also a socially cultivated notion. Finally, whether the language, or the music or the cooking, or the craft, we let you free to discover, to understand and love this exceptional world... |
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