Posted on January 21, 2008 by ruthfrost
I am gratified and honoured that this VazahaGasy blog has been voted the winner of the Society category in the Best of Malagasy Blogs awards.
I’m resisting an urge not to mention it and hide in the corner in embarrassment, because I’d like to pass on a big thanks both to those who voted and the [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2008 by ruthfrost
Following on from a comment received to my previous post ‘Traditional Madagascar clothing: the lamba‘, here’s a quick guide to making your own lamba. Even a total beginner at clothes making could make this.
The lamba is made of two parts; the lamba oany, which goes round the body, and the kisaly which is draped [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by ruthfrost
Each Westerner from a rich country living in a poor country like Madagascar faces the challenge of coming to terms with being rich living amongst poverty.
There are those who despise the poor people around them, those who live in permanent sadness for them, those who try to shut it out, those who are motivated to [...]
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