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Mananjary

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'''Manajary Mananjary is a coastal town and region within the [[Fianarantsoa]] province of Madagascar. The Mananjary river flows into the ocean close to town. The population in the Manajary Mananjary region in 2001 was 233,679.'''
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There are nine [[Antambahoaka]] clans living in and around Mananjary, which make up the smallest tribal group in Madagascar. Approximately every seven years the clans gather in the town for a week-long mass-circumcision ceremony called ''sambatra''. Various Malagasy traditions are then performed, such as [[zebu]] sacrification, whereby one zebu is killed for each clan. The last sambatra event took place in October 2007.
There is a popular nighclub nightclub in town the called ''Palace Nightclub''.
At weekends a lively fishmarket fish market event takes place at the mouth of the river when the fishermen sell their catch from their pirogues they pull up on the shore.
Manajary Mananjary can be reached by road via [[Ranomafana]] or via a domestic airport served by [[Air Madagascar]] flights once or twice monthly. Mananjary lies along the southern part of the [[Pangalanes]] canal, which runs from [[Tamatave]] in the north through to [[Farafangana]] in the south, a distance of about 600km, making it the longest man-made waterway in the world.
== Accommodation ==
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''Boat trips on the [[Pangalanes]] canal can be arranged at. Sorafa Hotel.''
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== Additional information ==
* [http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94124 Twins taboo splits a community] IRNI, 3rd November 2011
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