cover image: Kabary, Andohalo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1896

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Kabary, Andohalo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1896

"En kabary i Tananarive" ("Kabary in Antananarivo"). Andohalo park was earlier a meeting square for the people. The royal "kabary" took place on this area. In the middle of the park a pavilion. "Kabary" is a Malagasy way to perform speeches on various occasions. -- To the bottom left of the picture is Queen Ranavalona III sitting on a chair between carriers This maybe from her last speech before she was exiled to Algeria, where she died in 1917.
buildings heads of state indigenous populations pavilions topographical views ranavalona iii, queen of madagascar, 1861-1917

Authors

unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5321
Date published
circa 1896
Dates
circa 1896
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 10.9 x 15.7 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Madagascar Tananarive (Antananarivo)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m5321 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-NMS-A11c-1257
Rights
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ . post@vid.no
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/57d232c2d0e398bf5e70e09b96439c18

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