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HOW MALAGASY LADIES GO SWINGING DOWN THE WAYS
| Madagascar's distinctive vehicle is the filanjana. The type commonly used by native ladies consists of an oblong framework of light wood filled in with a plaited material formed of strips of sheepskin and attached to poles cut from the midrib of the huge leaves of the raphia palm. It is carried easily by four men who keep step and shift the poles from shoulder to shoulder while trotting and, with the accomplishment of the expert, without disturbing the security of their burden |
FASHIONS IN COIFFURE AFFECTED BY HOVA WOMEN
| Styles of hair dressing vary considerably among the different Malagasy tribes. These Hova women plait their hair in very fine braids, which are drawn tightly and evenly from a central parting and secured round the nape of the neck. The upper figure on the right displays the coiffure adopted as sign of mourning, the hair being drawn out to full length and set in stiffened dishevelment |