Creative Proverbs from Madagascar

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Madagascar

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Brief Overview of this Country

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique

Population: 15,506,472 (July 2000 est.) - Capital: Antananarivo

Ethnics Groups: Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran

Languages: French (official), Malagasy (official)

Religions: Indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%

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Proverbs from Madagascar

	Do not scare the birds you are going to shoot.
	The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade says, "I hope I will not find one.".
	An egg does not fight a rock.
	Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.
	Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him.

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