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'''The Tromba, or cult of possession, is a ceremony where the spirits of the ancestors are invoked by the living. The “tromba” is an ancestral custom that the populations of the North-West and North-East of Madagascar, Imerina and the South, still practice to this day.'''

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Usually in a specific place dedicated for the purpose. Anyone can attend. The main participants are musicians whose rhythms of drums and accordions encourage the mediums to enter a trance.

The Tromba, or cult of possession, is a ceremony where the spirits of the ancestors are invoked by the living. The “tromba” is an ancestral custom that the populations of the North-West of Madagascar, Imerina and the South, still practice to this day. Usually in a specific place dedicated for this purpose. Anyone can attend. The main actors are musicians whose rhythms of drums and accordions encourage the mediums to enter a trance. The audience may be one or more family lines or an entire tribe. Throughout the ceremony, complete silence is required from spectators.

At first, the mediums wear clothes reminiscent of the deceased. Sitting on the ground, in the middle of the audience, they seem elsewhere. They concentrate.

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