-
which uses the
Arabic script to
transcribe the
Malagasy language.
Antemoro ombiasy (astrologer sages)
migrated throughout the island,
where they practiced...
- in the pre-colonial
period would commonly employ advisers known as the
ombiasy (from olona-be-hasina, "man of much virtue") of the
southeastern Antemoro...
-
medicine and
other privileged knowledge, were
traditionally recorded by
ombiasy (wise men)
using the sorabe, an
Arabic script adapted to
transcribe the...
-
Malagasy language in the
Sorabe Arabico-Malagasy
script used by
Antemoro ombiasy (court astrologers). As a
young man he was
described by a contemporary...
- pool, and
different forms of salutation. The Arab magicians,
known as the
ombiasy,
established themselves in the
courts of many
Malagasy tribal kingdoms...
- finished, and
could not look at them
while they ate. At birth, a
village ombiasy (seer) was
typically consulted to
determine whether the
child was destined...
- who
arrive for a
fight in a
place unknown to them must
consult the
local ombiasy to
learn the
local fady.
Violation of
these fady is
believed to result...
- in the pre-colonial
period would commonly employ advisers known as the
ombiasy (from olona-be-hasina, "man of much virtue") of the
southeastern Antemoro...
-
blend of Arabic,
Malagasy and
Creole words was
historically spoken among ombiasy to
communicate confidential knowledge and rites. The prin****l economic...
- of a
rooster during the
ceremony of the
Fandroana took
place here, and
ombiasy (astrologers)
asked to
perform sikidy (divination) for a
sovereign would...
