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Famadihana is a
funerary tradition of the
Malagasy peoples of Madagascar.
During this ceremony,
known as the
turning of the bones,
people bring forth the...
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fingernails and
disembowel living people.
Rituals such as the
famadihana—rewrapping the
bodies of the dead
every 5–10
years in
fresh lamba (handmade...
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traditional burial rites or
invite a
Christian minister to
consecrate a
famadihana reburial.
Christianity is
predominant in the highlands. The
Malagasy Council...
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certain funeral practices and
other customs. The
Betsimisaraka practice famadihana (reburial) and
sambatra (cir****cision) and
believe in
sorcery and a wide...
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communion is
celebrated by the
Merina and
Betsileo reburial practice of
famadihana, or "turning over the dead". In this ritual, relatives'
remains are removed...
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tradition of tomb building, as well as the
highlands practice of the
famadihana,
whereby a
deceased family member's
remains may be
exhumed to be periodically...
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tradition of tomb building, as well as the
highlands practice of the
famadihana,
whereby a
deceased family member's
remains may be
exhumed to be periodically...
- and
throughout the highlands,
Merina and
Betsileo families practice the
famadihana, an
ancestor reburial ceremony. This
ceremony typically occurs five to...
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receive their blessings. Similarly,
music has long been
central to the
famadihana ceremony (periodic
reburial of ancestors' shroud-wrapped
mortal remains)...
- the most
significant Betsileo ceremonies that
still takes place is the
famadihana, or “turning of the bones,”
during which the
remains of
Bestileo ancestors...
