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* ''Tapakanaky'' - Circumcision. This is the act of removing the foreskin of boys and sometimes adolescent. This custom is practiced almost throughout Madagascar. According to the Sakalava belief, tapakanaky is the threshold that separates the child from the man. One can not call an uncircumcised male a man.
* ''Lohavony'' - The lohavony is a ceremony to mark the first harvest. ''Lohavony'' means the first flowers/fruits. It is the time when agricultural products are tasted for the first time. But the peculiarity of the ''lohavony'' is that people also make an offer to the ''zanahary'' (god) and ancestors as well as to the water sources that feed the rice fields and to the mighty trees. These offerings are usually white rice and honey. Requests for blessings are also part of these times. * ''Roba-trano'' - The final farewell to a deceased person. ''Roba-trano'' is a custom of the ''Vazimba an-drano'' (the Vazimba who live near a water place) after the death of a person from their community. It is sort of the last farewell to a dead person. One year after the funeral a great ceremony takes place, which can last up to a week during which zebus are slaughtered to feed the guests, ''toaka gasy'' (locally distilled alcohol) flows combined with singing and dancing. The ceremony goes on throughout day and night. * ''[[Moraingy]]'' - Kind of martial art, favorite distraction of the Sakalava, without any distinction of age or sex. In all customary circumstances, celebrations or funeral, ''moraingy'' is always practiced. It takes place in an arena, with spectators and musical instruments (especially percussion) to animate the fight. Unlike the ''moraingy'' of other regions, that practiced in the Bemaraha prohibits the fighters to give a kick. After several exchanges of punches and dodges, the judges put an end to the fight, generally without announcing a winner or looser. '''Holy places'''<br>* ''The Tsingy'' - A sacred place to the Sakalava, were they perform whorships and the ''tromba'' and ''tomb-fangatahana'' ceremony. According to local belief, the Tsingy are bursting with treasures, those of the first vazimbas.
== Map of Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park ==
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