Darkness
by Lora | Dec 2, 2016 | Featured, Madagascar | 0
This is the heaviness we face constantly these days, the utter darkness that seems to surround us on all sides. This is how things are made right in their world: figure out what the ancestors want and do it, or else pay the price – it could cost you your life…
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by Adam | Sep 22, 2015 | Featured, Madagascar | 3
At 5 am on Monday morning, a neighbor was shouting urgently outside our window, “Adam! Adam! The boat!” I rolled out of bed in the early morning light and…
Read MoreThe Unseen World
by Adam | Jun 11, 2014 | Featured, Madagascar | 1
The east wind picks up and we begin to feel a prickling in our skin. First one spot, then another. It blows harder and it gets worse. Like a small pinprick, a burning and itching sensation, a couple seconds on my arm, then the back of my head, then my leg, one scratch then another…
Read MoreThe Sacrifice
by Lora | Nov 30, 2013 | Featured, Madagascar | 1
The chanting began as everyone gathered behind the stones. I was summoned, and one older lady came over to help me tie my traditional cloth properly around my body. Then I was told to take off my shoes. She walked with me over the burning hot sand to where everyone was already seated…
Read MoreVideo Introduction
Watch this video for an introduction to the Antakarana people and our work among them
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