The Republic of Madagascar, or Madagascar for short. It is an African island country located in the western part of the Indian Ocean, across the Mozambique Strait from the African continent.
Madagascar
Madagascar island is composed of volcanic rock, as the first island in Africa and the fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar island is rich in tourism resources.
1. Thanks to Academician Yuan Longping, rice is printed on the currency.
Rice is the main food of the Malagasy people, and Yuan Lao's hybrid rice technology has also benefited this small island country. Will them
Elder Yuan with local residents
In 2017, Sahuri, director of the Department of Plant Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries of Madagascar, made a special trip to Changsha, Hunan Province, and brought a special gift to Yuan Lao: a new version of Madagascar dollars with a face value of 20,000 arrias. It is printed with a bunch of hybrid rice.
Farmers in Madagascar harvest rice
It is precisely by relying on Yuan Lao's hybrid rice that the rice yield in previous years was only about 3 tons per hectare, and now it is 9 tons per hectare. In order to thank Elder Yuan for his kindness,
2, Madagascar does not have penguins!
I believe that everyone has heard a little about the movie "Penguins of Madagascar"! In fact, however, most of Madagascar is located in the tropics north of the Tropic of Cancer. There are no penguins who love the cold to survive.
Penguins of Madagascar
The tropical penguins that live in South Africa are not there
3. There are no traffic lights in Madagascar.
There are no traffic lights in the whole island of Madagascar, so how do they maintain orderly road order?
Bustling junction in Madagascar
In the local area, they will not drive around randomly, causing traffic jams.
In addition, at particularly bustling intersections, there will also be conscientious traffic police to direct traffic. So don't worry too much about traffic jams!
4. One of the least developed countries in the world.
Madagascar is an agricultural-based agricultural country, theirs! In the early days, even food needed to be imported from outside, not to mention other living items.
Agriculture in Madagascar
At the end of 2001, Madagascar's economy came to a standstill due to the domestic electoral crisis and the deterioration of life and production.
In 2009, Madagascar once again erupted in a political crisis, and the slightly moderated economic situation in the country was once again hit hard! Domestic
Madagascar local
It wasn't until 2014, when Eri came to power, that the situation at home improved! Eri is actively in line with international standards,
After being elected president in January 2019, Rajolina committed to the implementation of the Madagascar Revitalization Initiative to promote the construction of key areas such as energy, agriculture, housing, health, and infrastructure.
5. Madagascar also practices polygamy.
Children of Madagascar
Xiao Jing has written so many national cold knowledge, to Madagascar they are considered to be the first polygamous countries?
Here, polygamy is also prevalent, and this alone can make you yearn for Madagascar!
6. Traditional "circumcision".
In malagasy tradition, all boys are required to undergo "circumcision". Because that's the only way to do it.
The scene of Madagascar
In June and September of each year, local adults gather together to carry out a "circumcision" ceremony with young boys aged 2-5. This ritual is of great significance to the locals.
The locals sang and danced
7. Madagascars collectively worship calves.
Madagascar is a traditional agricultural country, and in the middle of an agricultural country
Calves in Madagascar
They use the number of cattle as a symbol of how much wealth they have! In addition, the bull's head is also a symbol of the whole country. Newborn calves in Madagascar are also baptized like human children.
Even on a certain day of the week, farmers cannot walk on the road in a car, and if a cow is walking, the car must give way to the calf.
Bullock carts in Madagascar
And "don't hurt the cow for no reason."
8. Strange "Corpse Turning Festival".
This is a traditional festival unique to Madagascar and also with us in China. It is all to show the memory and respect for the loved ones who have passed away.
The scene of the carpouring festival
The difference is that they will turn their loved ones out of the cemetery! In their eyes.
Such festivals usually begin a few years after the deceased is buried. The time to open the tomb is also determined by the local feng shui gentleman, but it is often selected in the hot and dry dry season.
People carefully take the ancestors out of the tomb, use, surrounded by many relatives and friends around them, the people around them sing and dance, the whole team is huge, the more lively this activity is, the more respect for the dead!
(Xiao Jing respects this peculiar custom, but in her heart she still can't accept it, maybe different from our Chinese, the reason is still related to traditional concepts!) Can you accept that?
9. Beautiful traditional costumes.
As a traditional agricultural country, the local women are textile masters in them
Local men wear lamba
Its style and wearing style are similar to the Indian sari, and the lamba is made of a mixture of cotton and linen, which is very comfortable and breathable to wear on the body.
Not only girls wear it, but local men dress up with colorful lamba!
10. The blood and tears behind the Malagasy vanilla.
As we all know, the quality and yield of vanilla in their country have always been among the highest in the world. And this little thing, but by the baking industry, called "spice gold"!
vanilla
Why is vanilla so precious and rare? The reason is that it is extremely difficult to pollinate the growth of vanilla, and if the grower loses a little, the small plants that only bloom once a year cannot produce vanilla pods normally.
In this way, the hard work of vanilla growers for a year will be wasted!
Vanilla is so precious and expensive, but farmers who grow it in the production areas do not receive the corresponding remuneration, and more than 80% of the world's vanilla is produced in Madagascar on the east coast of Africa.
Farmers who grow vanilla
In the Sava region in the north of the island nation, it is one of the main producers of vanilla, and nearly 100,000 vanilla farmers make a living from it. Here, however, three out of every four farmers live on less than a dollar a day.
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