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    Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava...
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  • dialects of Malagasy; Eastern (including Merina) and Western (including Sakalava), with the isogloss running down the spine of the island, the south being...
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  • Senegalia sakalava is a species of Senegalia that is endemic to Madagascar. Two varieties are recognised: Senegalia sakalava var. hispida Villiers & Du...
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    Blaesodactylus sakalava, the Sakalava velvet gecko is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar. Raxworthy, C.J. (2011). "Blaesodactylus sakalava". IUCN Red...
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    Conus sakalava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. These snails are predatory...
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    The Sakalava weaver (Ploceus sakalava) sometimes known as the Sakalava fody is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar....
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    Among these were the Betsimisaraka alliance of the eastern coast and the Sakalava chiefdoms of Menabe and Boina on the west coast. The Kingdom of Imerina...
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    cosmopolitan port. Within the city, the Sakalava rulers allowed Muslims to practice their religion freely. In return, the Sakalava instituted a series of trading...
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    dwellers" (predominantly Bantu with less Austronesian traits) such as the Sakalava, Bara, Vezo, Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly, etc. The Merina are further divided...
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    composite of "Andriana" and "Nampoinimerina", while that of the celebrated Sakalava warrior Andriamisara is formed from "Andriana" and "Misara". In Madagascar...
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  • Planctogystia sakalava is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar. Afro Moths Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog...
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    Antakarana in Madagascar as of 2013. The Antankarana split off from the Sakalava in the early 17th century following a succession dispute. The group settled...
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    The Sakalava rail (Zapornia olivieri) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to western Madagascar. This bird is small with brown upperpart...
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    ankaratra (Ward, 1870) Synonyms Erebia ankaratra Ward, 1870 Henotesia ankaratra Yphthima sakalava Saalmüller, 1878 Yphthima loucoubensis Saalmüller, 1878...
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    15,000 to 49,000 within thirty years. Slave traders from Madagascar - Sakalava or Arabs - bought slaves from slavers in the Arab Swahili coast or Portuguese...
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    Mauritius between 1769 and 1793, 45 % was provided by slave traders of the Sakalava people in North West Madagascar, who raided East Africa and the Comoros...
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    typified by rule under a local chieftain. Some communities, such as the Sakalava, Merina and Betsimisaraka, were unified by leaders who established true...
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    African, Arab and Malayo-Indonesian ancestry, like the western coastal Sakalava people of Madagascar from whom the clan derives. They traditionally have...
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    patterns in unique shades of green and brown produced by a handful of Sakalava villages, or the brilliantly multi-colored, complex weaves favored by the...
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    language, of which there are two varieties, Kibushi sakalava, most closely related to the Sakalava dialect of Malagasy, and Kibushi antalaotsi, most closely...
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    pirogues of Africa". Voyage to the Sargasso Sea. Retrieved 2 May 2018. "Sakalava pirogue". Alefa. Retrieved 2 May 2018. "Setting sail". www.economist.com...
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    Madascincus arenicola is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. M. arenicola is found in the...
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    of Nosy Be were small bands of Antankarana and Zafinofotsy, before the Sakalava people migrated there and became the most numerous ethnic group on the...
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    their aid during migration. In Madagascar various peoples such as the Sakalava and Antandroy see crocodiles as ancestor spirits and under local fady often...
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    2:3 Flag of the Boina Kingdom 2:3 Flag of the Menabe Kingdom Flag of the Sakalava of Antalaotra 1:1 First flag of the Tamatave Kingdom, 1750–1819 2:3 Second...
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  • found on Madagascar. Pelosia obtusoides obtusoides Pelosia obtusoides sakalava (Toulgoët, 1960) De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pelosia obtusoides...
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    mounted in a sport called mitolo aomby associated with funerary procession. Sakalava bull-fighters prepare and drink an overnight-infused decoction of jingoma...
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    death of a villager, and the only way to prevent this is to kill it. The Sakalava people go so far as to claim aye-ayes sneak into houses through the thatched...
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  • Anontsibe Centre or Anontsibe Sakalava is a town and commune (Malagasy: kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Manja, which is a part...
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  • Antankarana, Antanosy, Bara, Betsimisaraka, Bezanozano, Mahafaly, Makoa, Mikea, Sakalava, Tanala, Tsimihety, Vezo Christianity, Malagasy religion Malayali Dravidian...
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