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Betsileo tribe members dance
Members of the Betsileo tribe in the village of Tandalana on Madagascar's high plateau dance during a ritual celebration of exhuming an ancestor's body for rewrapping in fresh shrouds. This ritual, called Famadihana, is performed periodically on anniversaries of an individual's death. Festivities usually last two days and include the sacrifice of a pig or a cow, and a feast with rice. In answering the question, Why do you undertake Famadihana?, one villager replied "We honor the ancestors because when we have a problem we ask them to come and help us".
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