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'''Strictly speaking are the tribes of Madagascar has a large number of so-called ethnic groups or tribeswith their own culture and religion. Many ethnic groups had their own kingdoms in the past. The cultural and religious background of the various clans are based more on old kingdoms than on ethnic groupingtribes is dominated by ancestor worship, which sees the ancestors as mediators between the living and God.'''

* <ul><li>[[Antaifasy ]] - ''People of the sands''<br> (Northern Southeastern Madagascar: near Diego-Suarez)Farafangana<br><br></li>

* <li>[[Antaimoro ]] or [[Antaimoro|Antemoro]] - ''People of the coast''<br> Southeastern Madagascar: near Vohipeno and Manakara<br><br></li>

<li>[[Antaisaka ]] or [[Antaisaka|Antesaka]] (subgroup of Sakalava]) - ''People of the valley''<br> Southern Madagascar: near Farafangana.Search the web for Antaisaka<br><br></li>

<li>[[Antankarana ("]] - ''Those of the rocks")''<br> Northern Madagascar: near Diego-Suarez.Search the web for Antankarana<br><br></li>

<li>[[Antambahoaka ("]] - ''Those of the people")''<br> Southeastern Madagascar: near Mananjary.Search the web for Antambahoaka<br><br></li>

<li>[[Antrandroy ("]] - ''People of the thorns")''<br> Southern Madagascar: near Ambovombe.Search the web for Antrandroy<br><br></li>

<li>[[Antanosy ("]] - ''People of the island")''<br> Southern Madagascar: near Taolagnaro (Ft. Dauphin).Search the web for Antanosy<br><br></li>

<li>[[Bara]]<br> Bara father and daughter South-central Madagascar: near Isalo, Ihosy and Betroka<br><br></li>

Bara<li>[[Betsileo]] - ''The many invincibles''<br>south Southern-central highlands of Madagascar: near Isalo, Ihosy and Betrokaespecially around [[Fianarantsoa]] but also a splinter group in theSearch the web for Bara Betsiboka region<br><br></li>

Betsileo ("<li>[[Betsimisaraka]] - ''The many invincibles")inseparables''<br>Southern-central highlands of Eastern Madagascar: especially around Fianarantsoa but also a splinter group in the Betsiboka regionSearch the web for BetsileoToamasina to Antalaha<br><br></li>

Betsimisaraka ("The many inseparables")<li>[[Bezanozano]] - ''Many small plaits''<br>Eastern Central highlands and eastern Madagascar: Toamasina to AntalahaSearch the web for area between the Betsimisarakalowlands and the Merina highlands<br><br></li>

Bezanozano ("Many small plaits")<li>[[Mahafaly]] - ''Those who make taboos'' or ''Those who make happy''<br>Central highlands and eastern Southwestern Madagascar: the area between the Betsimisaraka lowlands desert around [[Ampanihy]] and the Merina highlandsSearch the web for BezanozanoEjeda<br><br></li>

Mahafaly ("Those who make taboos")<li>[[Makoa]] or [[Mikea]]<br>Southwestern Western Madagascar: desert around Ampanihy and EjedaSearch the web for Mahafaly<br><br></li>

Makoa <li>[[Merina]] - ''People of the highlands'' or Mikea''Those from the country where one can see far''<br>Western Central highlands of Madagascar.Search the web for Mikea<br><br></li>

Merina <li>[[St. Marians]]<br> Ile Ste Marie ("Nosy Boraha)<br><br></li> <li>[[Sakalava]] - ''People of the highlands")long valleys''<br>Central highlands of Western Madagascar.Search the web for Merina; widespread in this region<br><br></li>

Sakalava ("<li>[[Tanala]]: Ikongo and Menabe - ''People of the long valleys")forest''<br>Western Eastern Madagascar; widespread in this region.Search the web for Sakalava: near Manakara<br><br></li>

Sihanaka ("People of the swamps")<li>[[Tsimihety]] - ''Those who do not cut their hair''<br>Northeastern Northern Madagascar: around Lake AlaotraSearch the web for Sihanaka<br><br></li>

Tanala: Ikongo and Menabe ("People of the forest")<li>[[Vazimba]] - ''Those which were always there''<br>Eastern All over Madagascar: near ManakaraSearch the web for Tanala<br><br></li>

Tsimihety <li>[[Vezo]] ("Those who do not cut their hair"subgroup of Sakalava)- ''Fishing people''<br>Northern Southwestern Madagascar.Search the web for Tsimihety: coastal regions<br><br></li>

Vezo <li>[subgroup of Sakalava[Zafimaniry]]<br>Southwestern South-central Madagascar: coastal regionsSearch the web for Vezohighlands near Ambositra</li></ul>

ZafimaniryIt is assumed that the population of Madagascar was formed through successive migrations of peoples from Southeast Asia, the Arabian peninsula and East Africa and were grafted onto an aboriginal population of unknown origin, called the ''Vazimba''. Once established, all these groups created a common language known as Malagasy, spoken and practiced throughout the island.  South-central According to some assertions, the Malagasy are Africans as their country is not far from the African continent, but this is only true for some groups and not the entire population despite the existence of Bantu and Swahili words in the linguistic vocabulary of northwestern Madagascar: highlands near Ambositra. This may be explained by the fact the individuals from the other side of the Mozambique Channel were the objects of the slave trade carried out by Arab and Indian merchants, who came to sell slaves in some ports of the big island. Snatched from the African coastal regions such as Somalia and Zanzibar, these slaves intermarried with the indigenous population continuing to speak their own language while practicing that of the host country.  In From the early part of the 19th century, eminent scientists from several countries around the world suggest it would be a mistake to consider that all those who have dark skins in Madagascar woodworking Zafimaniry remember lost forests: In are of African descent, as among the rolling hills migrants from southeast Asia there were numbers of Melanesians whose skin colour is similar to that of Africans.  Designated under the southeastern highlands collective name of ''mozambika'', the Africans sold in Madagascar there lives were emancipated by a group royal edict signed by Queen Ranavalona II in 1877 forbidding their sale and immigration to Madagascar and those released could choose between staying as free men in Madagascar or going home. But as many did not know where they came from they remained and integrated themselves into the population, forming part of the nation's lineage. == Arab origins of the Malagasy ==''Text by Jeanne Rasoanasy from Passport for Madagascar - 62nd edition January/February 2011'' For centuries the big island was known to the Arab sailors and traders from the Arabian peninsula, and initially some of them had settled permanently in certain areas of the west coast. Other Arab groups were to arrive during the 14th century, settling in south-eastern Madagascar, on the banks of the river Matatana where they would become the ancestors of Antemoro, Antalana, Antefasy, Antambahoaka and Antanosy people known - they called themselves the descendants of Raminia, Ibrahim (Abraham). It is the Arabic language that has most influenced the country because this is the language of the months and days, and it is also to the Arabs that the Malagasy owe the introduction of clothing, bedding accessories, coins, writing tools, certain musical instruments and so many others such as our words of greeting. Among the many Arab traditions inherited by the population is the art of divination or ''sikidy'' which is still practiced. With this strong Arab influence, Madagascar could have become a Muslim country, but because of one of the Zafimanirysurprises that history reserves for mankind, or this was not to be the case. In fact, at the time of the introduction of teaching by English missionaries who arrived in Antananarivo in 1820, King Radama I, educated by private tutors, descendants of Arabs from the "Vohipeno region, could have been imposed the Arabic language to educate his people but contrary to all expectations, he opted for the use of the forestLatin alphabet in schools."  The Zafimaniry Arabs have left their mark through the Islamisation of the people with whom they had lived such as those in northwestern Madagascar, some of whom are renowned sculptors their descendants. They could have spread their religion during the many centuries of their settlement in the country, but apparently this was not the purpose of their presence in Madagascar. == Malayo-Polynesian origins of the Malagasy ==''Text by Jeanne Rasoanasy from Passport for Madagascar - 62nd edition January/February 2011'' Researchers place the existence of the waves of migrations of peoples by boat from the countries of southeast Asia to Madagascar to an era dating back to the tenth century or even earlier. Even now no one knows the reasons for these expeditions which took place over years or even centuries, nor the reasons for the choice of wood the big island located in the Indian Ocean, thousands of miles from their places of origin by the migrants, as their home port. If these migrations have been highlighted and traditionallythe actors identified, virtually every member of it is thanks to philology, because according to various researchers, certain words in the Malagasy language have the same roots as the community was involved language spoken in some aspect the countries of woodworking the Malay peninsula, Polynesia, Melanesia and cabinetmakingthe Philippine islands. Their pictureque homes As examples of vocabulary common to the Malagasy and these far away peoples, there are assembled completely without nails those used in the everyday life for numbers, body parts, family, the observed heavenly andearthly phenomena, along with their tombsmany plants and other creatures, furniturebasic foods and the adjectives designating the five colours. Another basis for these assumptions made by several researchers is the extraordinary physical resemblance between individuals from Madagascar and these countries, the different skin colours and the habits and customs. In this context there working tools , looms, blacksmithing, irrigated rice fields and everyday objectsterraced fields, use of tree bark for making cloth, mud walls, ''fatidra'' or blood alliance, are carved with attractive geometric patterns the architecture of the houses of Sumatra resembling that of the houses that "are highly codifiedused to be found in Imerina, outrigger canoes, etc... In short, a culture not found in Africa, reflecting both the providing much evidence for Malayo-Polynesian origins of the community and the Arab influences Malagasy population in general. == Additional information == * [http://phys.org/news/2016-07-island-history-human-genetic-ancestry.html No one is an island] - The history of human genetic ancestry in Malagasy cultureMadagascar ''(Jul 2016, phys."org)''  Search the web for Zafimaniry__NOTOC__