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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 [[PangalanesCanal]] canal, which runs from [[TamataveToamasina]] (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.
''Vahiny Lodge has a swimming pool, a good restaurant and a spice plantation.''<br><br>
''Boat trips on the [[Pangalanes]] canal can be arranged at. Sorafa Hotel.''<br><br>
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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, the next is scheduled around October 2014.
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.
== Accommodation ==
'''[[Vahiny Lodge]] (La Plantation)'''(11 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 02 468 22(mobile)<br>
Email: [mailto:vahinylodge@yahoo.fr vahinylodge@yahoo.fr]
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'''[[Hôtel Jardin de la Mer]]'''(7 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 2072 (0)20 72 090 70or +261 (0)32 04 896039 (mobile) or +261 (0)34 04 896039 (mobile)<br>Email: [mailto:charlesbe@wanadoo.mg charlesbe@wanadoo.mg] / [mailto:jardindelamer@free.fr jardindelamer@free.fr]<br>HomepageWebsite: [http://jardindelamer.free.fr jardindelamer.free.fr]<br><br><!-- BP 46 Mananjary 317 -->
'''[[Sorafa Hotel]]'''(5 bungalows, 10 rooms)<br>Tel: +261 (0)20 72 09201 / +261 2072 092 01<br>Email: N/A[mailto:sorafahotel@moov.mg sorafahotel@moov.mg]
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'''[[Chez Yvonna Bungalows]]'''<br>Tel: +261 (0)32 020499302 049 93<br><br>Email: N/A
'''[[Chez Stenny]]'''(3 rooms, 4 bungalows)<br>Tel: +261 (0)20 72 94266942 66<br><br>Email: N/A
'''[[Hotel Ideal]]'''<br>Tel: N/A<br>Email: N/A
'''[[Hotel des Bons Amis]]'''<br>Tel: N/A<br>Email: N/A
== Additional information ==
* [http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94124 Twins taboo splits a community] IRNI, 3rd November 2011