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Highlights: Culture
Madagascar has a rich and unusual culture. The first humans arrived relatively recently, around 2000 years ago, and surprisingly from South East Asia. They brought a rice culture with them and this still dominates Malagasy life today. Sadly, Madagascar is also synonymous with environmental degradation; more than 90% of forest cover has now gone and much of this has been cleared to grow rice and feed hungry mouths.
Woman planting rice, Central Highlands, Madagascar.
Woman selling fish beside road, Antinanarivo, Madagascar.
Woman selling fish beside road with lorry passing, Antinanarivo, Madagascar.
