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mercredi 2 mai 2012

Miamboho ny andriana: the king/queen is dead. Ranavalona I, the bloody queen

MIAMBOHO NY ANDRIANA
The king/ queen is dead


Vocabulary :

tourner le dos: miamboho (= to die) 

when a monarch or one of his descendants die, malagasy people don't say "die" but "turn his

back" even today (see the obituaries on midi madagascar newspaper on line)




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