Have you ever tasted an “ôvotro”?

The « ôvotro » is a whitest and softest part inside of the « Ravinala » ( travelling tree). From Ravinala, nothing is lost. It’s very useful palm tree for the Malagasy daily life, especially in the countryside. Do you know that: the roof, the wall, the ground, and the rope in a one house [...]

Puddle at “Bazary Kely”

In Madagascar, Tamatave is the second most rainy town after Maroantsetra. Here, it’s almost raining all along the year. The people are already used to live with. They’re feeling always at ease even working under the rain. That is Tamatave. And now, it’s storm period, the rain is getting much more as usual and the [...]

Barikadimy’s United English Club (BUEC) 2009

After few weeks from now, BUEC will reunite again for next University school year after having three months of vocations. It’s an English club which help the students at University of Tamatave to have enough practice in English. In this club, there is no teacher neither students, we help one another, I mean you teach [...]

Life in Tamatave

Three weeks now, Tamatave also was touched by political problem, which is already a national problem now. Regarding of its consequences, many citizens are suffering to survive. It’s true that the government is helping the people against the hunger by offering a rice with very low price (is the Malagasy basic food) but that is [...]

Throne Mass

Yesterday was a special sunday for all the catholics christians here in Tamatave diocese. This last November, 24th, 2008, His Grace René Joseph Rakotondrabe has left his throne for retirement. He spent 37 years of cervice as a bishop in his life which in 20 years was only in Tamatave diocese. Only the day when [...]