Madagascar People Are Our Lost Malay Brother, Madagascar ppl r Sulu & Indonesian Malay Options

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HISTORY




Madagascar's population is predominantly of mixed Asian and African
origin. Recent research suggests that the island was uninhabited until
Indonesian seafarers arrived in roughly the first century A.D.,
probably by way of southern India and East Africa, where they acquired
African wives and slaves. Subsequent migrations from both the Pacific
and Africa further consolidated this original mixture, and 18 separate
tribal groups emerged.

Asian features are most predominant in the central highlands people, the Merina (2 million) and the Betsileo (1 million);



the coastal people are of African origin. The largest coastal groups are the Betsimisaraka (1 million) and the Tsimihety and Sakalava (500,000 each).



The Malagasy language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and is generally
spoken throughout the island. French also is spoken among the educated of this former French colony. Most people practice traditional religions, which tend to emphasize links between the living and the dead. They believe that the dead join their ancestors in the ranks of divinity and that ancestors are intensely concerned with the fate of their living descendants.

This spiritual communion is celebrated by the Merina and Betsileo reburial
practice of famadihana, or "turning over the dead." In this ritual,
relatives' remains are exhumed, rewrapped in new silk shrouds, and
reburied following festive ceremonies in their honor. (JUST LIKE HOW SOME IGOORT IN THE PHILIPPINES DO)


About 40% of the Malagasy are Christian, divided almost evenly between
Roman Catholic and Protestant. Many incorporate the cult of the dead
with their religious beliefs and bless their dead at church before
proceeding with the traditional burial rites. They also may invite a
pastor to attend a famadihana.

An historical rivalry exists between the predominantly Catholic coastal
people (cotiers), considered to be underprivileged, and the
predominantly Protestant Merina, (Asians of Malay descent) who tend to prevail in the civil service, business, and professions. A new policy of decentralizing
resources and authority is intended to enhance the development potential
of all Madagascar's provinces.


The written history of Madagascar began in the seventh century A.D.,
when Arabs established trading posts along the northwest coast.
European contact began in the 1500s, when Portuguese sea captain Diego
Dias sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet
bound for India. In the late 17th century, the French established
trading posts along the east coast. From about 1774 to 1824, it was a
favorite haunt for pirates, including Americans, one of whom brought
Malagasy rice to South Carolina.

Beginning in the 1790s, Merina rulers (Malay people) succeeded in establishing hegemony over the major part of the island, including the coast. THE MERINA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FORMED THE KINGDOM OF IMERINA which unified the whole island under one Malayo-polynesian language called Malagasy it's closet lingustic relative is the Ma'anyan language of the island of Borneo.

Kingdoms of Madgascar:

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Madagascar_native.html

Ma'anyan of Borneo (Malagasy’s closest linguistic relative)/Malagasy/TAGALOG of philippines

one - isa'/iráy/isa
two - rueh/róa/dalawa
three - telo/télo/tatlo
four - epat/éfatra/apat
five - dime/dímy/lima
six - enem/énina/anim
seven - pitu/fíto/pito
eight - Balu'/válo/walo
nine - suei/sívy/siyam
ten - sapuluh/fólo/sampu


In 1817, the Merina ruler and the British governor of Mauritius concluded a treaty
abolishing the slave trade, which had been important in Madagascar's
economy. In return, the island received British military and financial
assistance. British influence remained strong for several decades,
during which the Merina court was converted to Presbyterianism,
Congregationalism, and Anglicanism.

The British accepted the imposition of a French protectorate over
Madagascar in 1885 in return for eventual control over Zanzibar (now
part of Tanzania) and as part of an overall definition of spheres of
influence in the area. Absolute French control over Madagascar was
established by military force in 1895-96, and the Merina monarchy was abolished.
Malagasy troops fought in France, Morocco, and Syria during World War I.
After France fell to the Germans in 1942, Madagascar was administered
first by the Vichy Government and then by the British, whose troops
occupied the strategic island to preclude its seizure by the Japanese.
The Free French received the island from the United Kingdom in 1943.
In 1947, with French prestige at low ebb, a nationalist uprising was
suppressed only after several months of bitter fighting. The French
subsequently established reformed institutions in 1956 under the Loi
Cadre (Overseas Reform Act), and Madagascar moved peacefully toward
independence. The Malagasy Republic was proclaimed on October 14, 1958, as an
autonomous state within the French Community. A period of provisional
government ended with the adoption of a constitution in 1959 and full
independence on June 26, 1960.

http://www.worldrover.com/history/madagascar_history.html

RICE is a main staple of food on Madgascar. Rice is clearly a central factor in Malagasy culture because most people spend their lives cultivating rice. Rice, a part of the landscape, culture, and lives of the Malagasy, appears in daily routines, proverbs, and expressions in various forms where its underlying meaning is the same--life.




RICE TERRACES OF MADAGASCAR ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES

90% of rice grown in the world is from Asia. the other 10% is grown on Madgascar and other places.

http://www.riceworld.org/special/Madagascar/madintro.htm

The faces of madgascar:

The Asian Malays live in the Central Highlands and the people of African Descant lives on the Coasts.

http://www.alexjoe.com/alexjoe/madagasacr/page1.htm

SO DONT FORGET YOUR LOST BROTHERS ON MADGASCAR, JUST BECAUSE THE INDONESIAN MALAY & FIILIPINO MALAY SAILED 6,000 MILES AWAY FROM BORNEO AND SULU IN ANCIENT TIMES, THEY ARE STILL OUR MALAY BROTHER AS PART OF THE MALAY ETHNICITY AND THEY DESIRE TO BE REUNITED.

READ THIS: Madagascar and the future of the NUSANTARIAN WORLD:

http://www.lemurdolls.com/manusa.htm

http://users.cwnet.com/zaikabe/merina/

DID YOU KNOW IN THE MADAGASCAR FLAG the red and white refer to Madagascar's SE Asian links, the red-and-white Indonesian flag is said to be of pre-European origin, taken from the Indonesian's Majapahit Kingdom which the indonesian malays adopted in their liberation movement against dutch colonists?

FLAG OF THE KINGDOM OF MAJAPAHIT:



{is now the indonesian naval jack)

http://www.flags-by-swi.com/fotw/flags/id~jack.html

INDONESIAN FLAG:



MADAGASCAR FLAG:



RE-ESTABLISH YOUR MALAY BONDS WITH THE MALAYS OF MADAGASCAR.

(INDONESIAN MALAY) & (MADAGASCAR MALAY) & (FILIPINO MALAY) & (MALAYSIAN MALAY) UNITY, LET US UNIFY THE WHOLE MALAY ETHNICITY THROUGH OUR UNIVERSAL AUSTRONESIAN NATIVE CULTURE AND TONGUE WHICH WE ALL SHARE BECAUSE IT IS OUR FIRST CULTURE; REGARDLESS OF WHICH REGION A MALAY IS IN, THEY ARE STILL A MALAY BROTHER!!!!

LET US STUDY EACH OTHER'S HISTORY BECAUSE TOGETHER WE MAKE ONE HISTORY AND IT IS THE SAME; IT IS THE HISTORY OF THE MALAY'S ANCIENT SEAFAR, MIGRATION, AND SETTLEMENT OF ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN WE CAN BE FOUND IN POCKES ADMIST THE ASIAN CONTINENT (CHAM MALAY) AND REMNANTS IN THE WEST COASTS OF SOUTH AMERICA.

This post has been edited by malay_ako: Mar 3 2004, 11:18 AM

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i guess black-asian.

Madagascar is a very nice country:) I already wanted to go to that country, because of the beautiful nature, but now i must check if this fact is true too.