5 Facts About Madagascar (Part 1)

Featured image: Madagascar and a map of a few countries of the world – photo by Any Madagasikara #1 Madagascar is the oldest island in the world, More than 300 million years ago, Madagascar was part of the Gondwana supercontinent. Then, Gondwana was separated, and Madagascar was detached from Africa, Antarctica, and India, and formed

Madagascar – Rice (Part 4) – (Final Part at last!😀)

Featured Image: mature rice grains in the paddy field – photo by Kaigraphick via Pixabay Once the rice is planted in the paddy field around the end of December or in the beginning of January, we don’t do anything much except monitoring the water in the paddy field. Sometimes, people put fish in or next

Madagascar – Rice (Part 3)

Featured Image: Rice Planters – sketch by RD © Edisiona Md Paoly Rice grains in Madagascar usually take about 3 or 4 weeks to become rice shoots . We then transplant them from one paddy field (Field A) to another (Field B). Paddy field A is where you sow the grains and B is where

Un Lundi Soir

(Version anglaise/English version ici/here!) Je redoutais chaque lundi soir. C’était l’un des jours de la semaine où des meneurs de zébus conduisaient leurs troupeaux (à pied!!!) sur la RN1 (Route Nationale #1), venant d’aussi loin que Tsiroanomandidy (m’a-t-on dit) en allant jusqu’ à la périphérie d’Antananarivo, la capitale de Madagascar. Les zébus sont une race