Photos from the Ranomafana National Park and the villages nearby

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Overview to the Ranomafana National Park and the villages 

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Women and men separate rice grains from shells. 

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Vatolahy, a stone raising ceremony for a death person, is one of the most important ceremonies in the villages near the Ranomafana National Park 

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Researchers sleep in tents until the new ValBio research center is completed. Local people in highlands have thick adobe houses.

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