Where I came from

[12karen]

Madagascar

It's is an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique, it is part of the African continent with an area of 587,041 km² , it is the fourth largest island in the world.

This is where I came from

I feel like I'm writing a history paper but I'm just going to show you where I come from.

The island's first inhabitants came from Southeast Asia around 2,000 years ago. Subsequently, Madagascar was colonized by Europeans, notably the French, from the 17th century. This colonization had a great influence on the culture and economy of Madagascar. An important event in Madagascar's history is the 1947 revolt against French colonial rule, which led to years of struggle for independence. Eventually, Madagascar gained its independence in 1960.

Malagasy languages, a cluster of languages spoken on Madagascar and adjacent islands and belonging to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages. But due to the colonization, we are able to speak french (60% of the pop can/understand)

The Malagasy people have a rich heritage influenced by a blend of African, Asian, and European cultures. (We eat rice everyday, literally can't live without rice 🥲)

Most of us (80%) are Christian †.

The country is home to a wide variety of plant and animal species. One of the most iconic inhabitants of Madagascar is the lemur. These adorable primates come in various shapes, sizes, and colors. From the tiny mouse lemurs to the playful ring-tailed lemurs

This is King Julian

little morty

Mister Diadema Sifaka

In addition to its wildlife, Madagascar boasts breathtaking landscapes. The island is adorned with lush rainforests, towering mountains, cascading waterfalls, and pristine beaches. The Avenue of the Baobabs is a particularly famous spot, where majestic baobab trees line the dirt road, creating a truly magical sight.

Bemaraha tsingy

hope this gives you a glimpse into the wonders of Madagascar! Let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to know or if you have any other questions.

PS: we don't have 🐧 🦁 🦓 🦒 🦛

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Madagascar looks totally awesome! The landscapes look so alien to me (in an amazing way). Now I want to add it to my bucket list of places to travel.

I'm curious about the Malagasy (new word I learned!) cuisine besides rice. It sounds like there would be awesome food with such a blend of cultures and rich natural resources.

[12karen]

oh don't hesitate to come whenever you want, but I recommend April, May and June, these are not the holiday periods so it's still not expensive, plus it's very hot here during the summer, the month of May is perfect if you don't want to burn, lol, otherwise October November, so as not to miss the whales,

for cooking, we eat rice all the time, in the morning, rice cake or mofo gasy, or donuts, with coffee, or rice in almost soup with meat, for lunch. Ravitoto is one of the typical dishes of Madagascar made from cassava leaves accompanied by pork or zebu meat. It is of course accompanied by rice and a spicy sauce made from ginger and chili pepper, sometimes coconut milk is added. we also have coconut fish, fish fry with coconut milk sauce, there's a lot more than these two but they're the best and worth trying and in the evening we have ginger chicken soup, (the chicken we use for the soup is the chicken that we raise everywhere, in rural communities, we can find chickens wandering everywhere, in the street, not in an enclosure, they are freer than me, lol, they go out early in the morning, do what they want and come back in the evening, we avoid chemicals, chickens eat rice or corn, very organic, it's better that way) we also have zebu foot and vegetable soup (zebu are raised like chickens, but they eat grass), and without forget the "romazava" composed of a combination of local green vegetables (paracress, anamamy, mustard leaves), beef or zebu meat, tomatoes and onions. or zebu skewers

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I really want to try Ravitoto now! I don't think I've ever tried Cassava leaves. I'm conjuring up images of Thai and Indian curry but have no idea how it tastes with the Cassava leaves being the star of the recipe.

Also want to try Zebu meat. I don't think I've ever tried it. Romazava looks nice as well with all the rich veggies.

[12karen]

I don't know how to describe the taste of cassava leaves, I can't find something with the same taste, I know that you put an image in your head before eating so I prefer to better show what it looks like, the red is the romazava
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[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Just visually it reminds me a little bit of Palak (spinach) curry (ex: Palak Gosht [spinach curry with mutton], one of my favorites):


I love that one but Cassava leaves sound like they taste quite different from spinach. I'll have to look into seeing if I can get some in Japan and try!

That red Romazava looks awesome! I like red. 🟥🟥🟥

[Jennz6]

Beautiful country, you’re so fortunate to live in such a wonderful place

[12karen]

Thank you 💖

[Jennz6]

You’re welcome honey

[KostasKouvalis]

There's a lot of crime, corruption, disease and poverty too though. They had a massive outbreak of plague a few years ago.

[12karen]

@KostasKouvalis oh dear, outbreak of plague? I'm sure I was there but never heard about plague, about the crime, I think I'm still alive, all my friends, family, friends's family, friends's friends are,.. it's not dangerous as you think, unless you're carrying a bag of $$ and yell "don't touch me I have a lot of money with me right now" but that's right we are poor, those veggies and meat with chemical products, those flawless food.. they are too expensive for us, we better go bio.. lol
Well, It is not a perfect country but I swear it's not as bad as people say, you think we suffer from that, personally I don't, as long as you have a good job you'll have your dream life

[exitseven]

Really cool. I never thought much about it probably because it is not sitting on a big oil deposit or a strategic military base. It looks ver y nice and the local animals look like they are friendly.

[strateguy632]

i remember borneo 4th. australia was an island when pluto was a planet.

objectively australia is "closer in area to Greenland than to South America." that proof Australia an island like Greenland. just British bias wanted to claim we rule "a whole continent and a sub-continent" to seem stronger, so they started the lie.

even south america, the land "contin-ues" from the south border of panama to columbia "contin-ue like contin-ent".

unless we say africa ends at suez canal and south panama is in south america. but we don't.

[strateguy632]

also how deep must water be to separate? can "man made" canal be a geological continent, if so what about south panama? but not in south africa list.
even if try to be consistent, all led by the lie as above.

[strateguy632]

https://www.guideoftheworld.com/map-of-africa.html
canal not deep enough or man made doesn't count! or both!

[strateguy632]

"the Isthmus of Panama, is the narrow bridge of land that connects North and South America". end quote from encyclopedia.

[LiamS95]

Thank you Karen for the interesting info about Madagascar. I of course have heard of the island but didn't really know anything about it. My ancestors originated in France but left France during the exodus of the Huguenots in the 1600's. My paternal grandparents left England and immigrated to Canada in the late 1800's and my maternal grandparents left Ireland and slso immigrated to Canada in the late 1800's. I pretty much only speak English, I do know a little bit of French but not enough to caŕy on a conversation. I believe I followed you quite some time ago.

[KostasKouvalis]

And yeah, I DO have a question actually. Do you think Madagascar was better off when it was under French rule?

[elaphe]

Madagascar also has some really interesting frogs and lizards.

[12karen]

Yup we have, and they are so cute, no venomous

[MrZameer]

I want to know about any Arab or Islamic influence on Madagascar?
also howany Muslims live there?

[MrZameer]

by the way Madagascar is looking very beautiful and very natural. unlike most of Europen and Asian part

[dolemite58]

I know most of the world’s vanilla comes from there, would love to see it some day.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Wow! It's beautiful there

[12karen]

It is, beautiful spot for vac

[Bklynbadboy12]

I'm definitely putting Is madagascar on my bucket list

[12karen]

You won't regret, I recommend you october-November, if you want to meet whales

[Bklynbadboy12]

Okay thank you