Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
______
Do not love me, Andriamatoa, as one loves
the banana tree exposed to the wind,
overcome and in danger from cold.
Do not love me as one loves a door:
It is loved, but constantly pushed.
Love me as one loves a little crab:
even its claws are eaten.
SOME MALAGASY PROVERBS
Tantely tapa-bata ka ny foko no entiko mameno azy.
This is only half a pot of honey but my heart fills it up.
Mahavoa roa toy ny dakam-boriky.
Hit two things at once like the kick of a donkey.
Tsy midera vady tsy herintaona.
Don't praise your wife before a year.
Ny omby singorana amin ny tandrony, ary ny olona kosa amin ny vavany.
Oxen are trapped by their horns and men by their words.
Tondro tokana tsy mahazo hao.
You can't catch a louse with one finger.
Ny alina mitondra fisainana.
The night brings wisdom.
Aza manao herim-boantay.
If you are just a dung beetle don't try to move mountains.
Aza midera harena, fa niter-day.
Do not boast about your wealth if you are a father.
Ny teny toy ny fonosana, ka izay mamono no mamaha.
Words are like a parcel: if you tie lots of knots you will have to undo them.
SAKALAVA(PEOPLE-OF-THE-LONG-VALLEYS)
TheyliveinthewestbetweenTo-
liara and Mahajanga and are dark-skinned with Polynesian features and short curly hair.
