The aloalo are intricately carved wooden totems that adorn the tombs of the Mahafaly people in the southwest... However, according to Mahafaly culture, these ritual objects belong only in burial sites. https://www.voyagemadagascar.com... /cdn/mg-public/detours_madagascar_fort_dauphin_taolagnaro_aloalo-MAX-w1000h600.jpg A part of Mahafaly... national roads were initially located in forests, but the construction of roads to ease travel led some Mahafaly... wish to see them during your trip to Madagascar, consider visiting places like the Ifotaka Forest, the Mahafaly

stretching as far as the eye can see, led us in April 2016 to an elderly wood sculptor, a master of the Mahafaly... traditions by carving the different types of Aloalo and statues that adorn the funeral tombs of the Mahafaly... Aloalo, highly valued spiritually, represents one of the fundamental pillars of Mahafaly culture.

many local practices related to these giants, including the unique practice of baobab diggers in the Mahafaly

ethnic groups of Madagascar on the packaging of its bars: women and men from the Tanala, Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly

The designs reflect the culture of southern Madagascar, particularly the Antandroy and Mahafaly ethnic

Water reservoir In the southern region, on the Mahafaly Plateau, villagers in Ampotaka use baobab trunks

In Ampotaka, on the Mahafaly Plateau in the south of the island, the baobab serves as a water reservoir

In parts of the southern Mahafaly region, when the owner dies, a significant portion of the herd is slaughtered

Culturally, we meet the Sakalava (north and south), the Vezo, the Mahafaly, and the Antandroy.