Madagascar, viure malgaix, de Josep Blanch

Madagascar, Living Malagasy is an ethnographic work that shows us the society and culture of the inhabitants of Madagascar. Eighteen ethnic groups, eighteen ways of being and living. Asian spirit on African soil; flavours of vanilla and spices; coasts of rosewood and pirates; primary forests…On Malagasy territory it is the only place in the world where one can observe the baobab "Adansonia madagascariensis", or the butterfly "Chrysiridia madagascariensis", or the indri-indri lemur. A true paradise for naturalists or a veritable Noah's ark.Separated from Africa 165 million years ago, Madagascar has kept the red earth of Asia, from where part of its population arrived and it has inherited its rice paddies; therefore, Madagascar is neither one nor the other: Along the African coasts and bathed by the Indian Ocean, it possesses an original culture that makes it an "Afro-Asian" land.Eighteen ethnic groups share the territory across tropical forests, thorn deserts, white sand beaches, lakes and rock formations. This ethnic mosaic that has formed over the centuries has given rise to a system of authentically Malagasy values: rites associated with the culture of the ancestors such as the return of the dead or the presence of African agricultural tools and the use of words of Asian origin. All of this coexists in one country: Madagasikara.Coordination: Josep Blanch