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* Andapa basin or "Andapa bowl" - rice-growing area of 13,000ha, 105km from Sambava.
== Habits and customs in the region ==
* ''Famadihana'' - "turning of the bones" (Western translation) or exhumation. On this occasion the family commemorates the life of the deceased. The body of the deceased is exhumed in order to be draped with a new shroud. Although it is a funeral ceremony there is nothing sad about it. It is rather a proof that the deceased has not been forgotten. The family organises a big party with traditional meals, music and dance. The famadihana usually takes place in the months from August to December.
