Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar

MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien Jacques; RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa Toavina

Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar

April 2019

Vol-5, Issue-2

Paper ID: 10054

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Geological applied

Keywords

geoculture geoscience Analamanga Madagascar doany culture worship

Abstract

Many names of localities in Madagascar recall the words "stone or rock" whose meaning in Malagasy is “vato" (Vatomandry, Ambatobe, Ambatolampy, Ambatomainty, Ambatonilita, Ambatofinandrahana, Ambatondradama .Ambatomitsangana ..) These names are evocative and / or related to an event. In his speeches, his proverbs, his habits and customs, his beliefs the malagasy have often referred to the "vato" ("Vato nasondrotry ny tany", "Vato namelan-kafatra", "Nitady toko ka sendra vato", "Vato kiboribory", "Vatolahy", " Ambato bevohoka "..). From these facts and observations that we want to emit in this communication, the concept "Geoculture", the link and the meaning of this culture on stones or rocks with the geosciences. But in Madagascar this culture on stones or rocks change according to ethnicity, regions, events or circumstances and history

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#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien Jacques	Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique d'Antananarivo (ESPA)
2	RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa Toavina	Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)

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Jacques, MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien & Toavina, RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa (2019). Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 5(2), 2429-2437.

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Jacques, MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien, and RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa Toavina. "Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 5, no. 2, 2019, pp. 2429-2437.

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MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien Jacques and RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa Toavina, "Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 2429-2437, 2019.

Vancouver Style

Jacques MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien, Toavina RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa. Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2019;5(2):2429-2437.

Harvard Style

Jacques, MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien & Toavina, RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa (2019) 'Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 5(2), pp. 2429-2437.

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Jacques, MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien and RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa Toavina. "Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 5, no. 2 (2019): 2429-2437.

Turabian Style

Jacques, MANDIMBIHARISON Aurelien and RASOLONJATOVO Mirantosoa Toavina. "Geoculture and geosciences in the region of Analamanga in Madagascar." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 5, no. 2 (2019): 2429-2437.