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Betafo, Itasy
Betafo ("many roofs) is a village and fokontany in the district of Arivonimamo, in the region of Itasy Itasy is a region in central Madagascar. It borders Analamanga region in northeast, Vakinankaratra in south and Bongolava in northwest. The capital of the region is Miarinarivo, and the population was 897,962 in 2018. It is the smallest of all the ..., Madagascar. Population The village's inhabitants are said to be divided between descendants of nobles (''andriana'') and descendants of former slaves (''olona mainty'', literally "black people"). This aspect was the subject of a study by anthropologist David Graeber. His book, '' Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar'', contains a detailed recounting of the village's oral traditions, full of stories of scandalous murders, magical battles, forbidden romances, and spiteful ancestors sending fires and hailstorms from their tombs. References Populated places in Itasy Region {{Itasy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betafo
Tatamarina Lake in Betafo Betafo ("many roofs") is a town and urban municipality in Vakinankaratra Region in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. It is surrounded by volcanic peaks and is situated 22 km from Antsirabe. It is a typical Merina town in the Central Highlands. The town had an estimated population of 34,336 in 2018 and is the administrative centre of Betafo District. Geography Betafo is situated at an altitude of above sea level, in the central highlands of Madagascar. The town lies along the RN34 national road to Miandrivazo, west of Antsirabe and from the country's capital, Antananarivo. Religion * FLM - Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy (Malagasy Lutheran Church) The first Lutheran church in Madagascar was built in Betafo the Norwegian missionaries John Engh et Nils Nielsen in 1867. * FJKM - Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara (Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Betafo UNESCO World Heritage Site The irrigated rice paddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arivonimamo
Arivonimamo is a city (commune urbaine) in Itasy Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. Arivonimamo is connected by the National Road No.1 to Antananarivo (50 km in the east) and Tsiroanomandidy (west). The Antananarivo international airport was there until replaced by Ivato in 1967. Now it is an airbase. It borders to the communes of Miarinarivo in the west, Antananarivo and the Analamanga region in the North-east. Climate Sports The soccer club of Arivonimamo is ''RDN Arivonimamo'' See also *Betafo file:Lac Tatamarina.jpg, Tatamarina Lake in Betafo Betafo ("many roofs") is a town and urban municipality in Vakinankaratra Region in the Central Highlands (Madagascar), Central Highlands of Madagascar. It is surrounded by volcanic peaks and is si ..., a fokontany within Arivonimamo. * Vatolaivy References Populated places in Itasy Region {{Itasy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itasy
Itasy is a region in central Madagascar. It borders Analamanga region in northeast, Vakinankaratra in south and Bongolava in northwest. The capital of the region is Miarinarivo, and the population was 897,962 in 2018. It is the smallest of all the 22 regions in area with , and is the most densely populated region after Analamanga. Administrative divisions Itasy Region is divided into three districts, which are sub-divided into 51 communes. * Arivonimamo District - 22 communes * Miarinarivo District - 12 communes * Soavinandriana District - 15 communes Infrastructure Airport *Arivonimamo Airbase Roads The National road 1 and National road 43 cross this region. Bodies of water There are 58 rivers in Itasy. 21 rivers are flowing in Miarinarivo District, 17 rivers in Arivonimamo District and 20 in Soavinandriana District. 3500 ha are covered by lakes: 40 lakes in Miarinarivo, 9 lakes in Soavinandriana and 2 in Arivonimamo. Lake Itasy The region of Itasy is named after Lake Itas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Graeber
David Rolfe Graeber (; February 12, 1961September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books '' Debt: The First 5,000 Years'' (2011) and ''Bullshit Jobs'' (2018), and his leading role in the Occupy movement, earned him recognition as one of the foremost anthropologists and left-wing thinkers of his time. Born in New York to a working-class Jewish family, Graeber studied at Purchase College and the University of Chicago, where he conducted ethnographic research in Madagascar under Marshall Sahlins and obtained his doctorate in 1996. He was an assistant professor at Yale University from 1998 to 2005, when the university controversially decided not to renew his contract before he was eligible for tenure. Unable to secure another position in the United States, he entered an "academic exile" in England, where he was a lecturer and reader at Goldsmiths' College from 2008 to 2013, and a profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic And The Legacy Of Slavery In Madagascar
Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrelated events are causally connected, particularly as a result of supernatural effects * Magic (illusion), the art of appearing to perform supernatural feats Magic(k) may also refer to: Art and entertainment Film and television * ''Magic'' (1917 film), a silent Hungarian drama * ''Magic'' (1978 film), an American horror film * ''Magic'' (soap opera), 2013 Indonesian soap opera * Magic (TV channel), a British music television station Literature * Magic in fiction, the genre of fiction that uses supernatural elements as a theme * ''Magic'' (Chesterton play), 1913 * ''Magic'' (short story collection), 1996 short story collection by Isaac Asimov * ''Magic'' (novel), 1976 novel by William Goldman * ''The Magic Comic'', a 1939â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EPP Betafo Ambohimangakely
EPP or Epp may refer to: Organisations * European People's Party, a pan-European centre-right conservative and Christian democratic political party ** European People's Party Group, the centre-right political group formed in European parliament by members of the above party * Engineering and Public Policy, an academic department at Carnegie Mellon University * Equal Parenting Party, a Canadian political party * European Public Prosecutor, a proposed EU agency * Paraguayan People's Army ( es, Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo, links=no) Science and technology * Encrypting PIN Pad, a component of an automated teller machine * End-plate potential, a neuroscience term* * Endpoint protection platform, in computer security * Enhanced Parallel Port, a specification of the IEEE 1284 computer peripheral communication standard * Enhanced Performance Profiles, a PC memory specification * Erythropoietic protoporphyria, a genetic disorder * Expanded Polypropylene, a flexible and versatile plastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
