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rocks that lemurs can "visit" but you would not
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Updated By Norali on July 30, 2004

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rocks that lemurs can "visit"
but you would not

by Norali

In Isalo park, sandstone ridges surround the grassy plains. Also, even if you don't see them, Bara tombs are secluded in the rocks. Tombs are dug in the rocks and the entry is blocked by a block of rock. You wouldn't see anything, except when the rock that serves as a gate has rolled out and that bones are seen from outside. Otherwise, you wouldn't notice anything and only guides (and lemurs ?) would know about the locations of these tombs.

For that reason, you'd better ask the guide about what to do, to know (and I prefer you ask). Yet, if he seems uneasy about telling about the tombs, don't insist. Fady (taboos) operate in the region.

Also, in this area (and others in the island), lemurs are considered as those who host the ancestors' spirit. Does that explain why they can jump from a rock to another, nest in the rocks? Mystery for me.

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