Madagascar Treasure Island

Madagascar is not really Africa: this is a country from the Indian Ocean. No amount of travel in Africa will prepare you for the uniqueness of the local sires, the intricate tombs that sometimes appear to outdo the homes of the living, or the famadihana exhumation events that - literally -- give the lifeless a party once every eight years, permitting people to arrive face to face with all the deceased. Rapidly you discover that even though elements of Malagasy life - love of cattle, classic clothing, rose bush taxis (taxis brousse, The people reside in a world centered by mood and complex cultural guidelines derived from completely different roots on the other side of the Indian Ocean.

Credit to - Song Youngjin(REISEbazaar)