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Masoala National Park
 
 
rice pounding
rice pounding
 
Culture

Just south of the lodge lies the small village of Ambodiforaha. The 110 or so Betsimisaraka people fish and cultivate vanilla, cloves and coffee.

 
green vanilla
green vanilla

 

local danse
Masoala Villagers are dancing for the guests.

 

Rice, their staple food, is eaten with Ro. Fary coffee is prepared with boiling sugarcane juice and the local alcohol is known as Betsa Betsa.
Fary coffe preparationFary coffee

 

 

 

Tsabora, is a local ceremony in honor of ancestors.

hydroelectricity inauguration, February 2015 .