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Most of the villagers live from fishing, rice farming and harvesting cloves harvesting. During the months of September, October and November the cloves are picked and thereafter dried in the sun in front of the houses. In those days, During the drying period the entire whole village smells scents like a giant Xmas bakery.

At the end of the village There is a shop with bar/restaurant and an attached cinema. Films at the end of the village where films are shown each Saturday on Saturdays at 9pm and . The the entrance fee is 300 Ariary (2015). Behind the bar is a separate building with which has two rooms for rent. The rooms are very simple with only a mattress straight on the floor and "a not recommendable" recommended outside shower/and toilet. In 2015, the price for the room was 5,000 Ariary a night.