It is considered a curse by the native Malagasy people, and often killed on sight.

He advised the Malagasy people to use restraint and sort out differences by process of dialogue.

Efforts at maintaining possible habitats must be weighed with the potential for the economic development of the Malagasy people.

By comparison, there has been no significant emigration of Malagasy peoples.

I would also like to stress the Commission's continued commitment to the Malagasy people.

They are also kept as pets by some local Malagasy people, despite it being illegal, but this hasn't posed a large threat.

However, many Malagasy people do believe that the indri worships the sun.

In some cases, Malagasy people who resent the protective fady find ways to circumvent them.

He forbade Malagasy people from being baptized or attending Christian services.

All our efforts should be in the interests of the Malagasy people and not of any one of the conflicting parties.

All Malagasy people can do it."

Money for Madagascar aims to enable Malagasy people to address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing their country.

Famadihana is a funerary tradition of the Malagasy people in Madagascar.

Back at his job in London, he could not shake the sense of belonging that he had felt among the impoverished Malagasy people.

As rice was the staple food of the Malagasy people, he set about trying to help farmers increase their rice production (amongst other crops).

It is generally feared by the Malagasy people and is often protected by their taboo, known as fady.

For our own part, we wish here to reaffirm the necessity of respecting the ability of the Malagasy people to choose and determine their own future.

Subsequent migrations from both the Pacific and Africa further consolidated this original mixture, and Malagasy people emerged.

Although coal is the preferred cooking fuel of the Malagasy people, the most affordable and prominent source of energy is timber, known as kitay.

We are simply asking for a 'back-to-basics' approach with, where necessary, arbitration by the Malagasy people through consultation in the form of a presidential election or a referendum.

The Betsimisaraka make up approximately fifteen percent of the Malagasy people and are the second largest group in Madagascar after the Merina.

It is even possible that Linnaeus knew that some Malagasy people have held legends that lemurs are the souls of their ancestors.

Although the Malagasy people are divided into 18 tribes, all speak Malagasy, a language derived from Indonesian and related to Hawaiian.

B4a1a1a2 (Malagasy motif - a Polynesian motif found only among the Malagasy people)

They may indicate the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia, and are shared by the flag of Indonesia.