Famidihana
Articles on Famidihana (body-turning) including those from: Chronicle, Ny Ranovelona, Famadihana, Teny Soa, Vokovokomanga, Vaovao; typescript by J. Ramambasoa.
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PP MS 63, Hardyman, Box 54 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1939 - 1971 |
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File |
| Format: | Archive |
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| Order number: |
PP MS 63, Hardyman, Box 54 |
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| Summary: |
Articles on Famidihana (body-turning) including those from: Chronicle, Ny Ranovelona, Famadihana, Teny Soa, Vokovokomanga, Vaovao; typescript by J. Ramambasoa. |
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| Admin history: | Famadihana is a funerary tradition of the Malagasy people in Madagascar. Known as the turning of the bones, people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family crypts and rewrap them in fresh cloth, then dance with the corpses around the tomb to live music. [Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famadihana, 13/3/2013] |
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Open |
| Language: | English French Malagasy |
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Latin |
| File number: |
74 |
| Format: | Archive |
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