Land of the the spiny forest
The southernmost region of Madagascar, Androy, meaning ‘land of the thorny bush’, is an arid landscape characterised by desert and spiny forests.
Quite distinct among Madagascar’s 18 ethnic groups, the Antandroy, ‘the people of the spiny forest’, have retained more of their African roots, eating maize and cassava instead of rice, following a strongly pastoral lifestyle with unique funerary, musical and spiritual traditions. Though still placing the utmost importance on cattle, many now work on vast sisal plantations which blanket the area.
The sacred spiny forests which remains are characterised by the endemic alluadia – a woody cactus like plant with towering thorny branches which lanky Verreaux’s sifaka deftly leap between to eat fresh green leaves. You can also find white-footed sportive and tiny mouse lemur here. Tumescent baobabs also dot the landscapes and alongside intermittent rivers, patches of gallery forest are home to troops of ring tailed lemur and an array of bird life.
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