Échappées belles S04E12 Madagascar
A nice excursion of Sophie Jovillard from Antananarivo (the taxi driver Maurice and his "2 cv Citroën"-there are also Renault 4L taxis-, Aïna Rakotorivelo and the family house built in 1930-1936- with bricks and woodwork inside-, now guesthouse, the walk through Antananarivo-the talk about the cultural diversity of Madagascar- ,the visit of the Ferblanterie de Madagascar-the recovery of tinware and the making of new items, at the beginning an empty land, now 10 craftsmen, the electric power, the water, a school and a soccer field-) to Manambato and Andranokoditra ( the navigation on the Canal de Panganales with Barbara Mathevon-NGO "L'homme et l'environnement", the story of the canal connecting the lagoons and used for the transport of goods, the meeting with a woman harvesting leaves of an aromatic plant, the alembic at Andranokoditra, the leaves of niaouli-Melaleuca quinquenervia- transformed into essential oil-, the niaouli oil used for the respiratory problems and inflammations, the members of the community organized in an association and the help of the NGO for meeting buyers and make a fair trade and finally the sunrise at the seaside looking at the fishermen entering into the sea) passing by the Mantasoa lake (an artificial lake made in the Colonial period, the visit of women transplanting the rice-the importance of the rice in the Malagasy food-) , by Andasibe ( the boat tour on a river with the guide Justin-Claude Rakotoarisoa to see the lemurs-the lemur vari, the lemur sifaka and the Eulemur rufus-, the are 66 families of lemurs in Madagascar, these lemurs can live together because they have different eating habits) and by the Malagasy forest ( the founder of Madarbres Lionel Lagermette, the great deforestation and now the importance to protect the forest by creating new activities, Sophie and Lionel enjoying the zip-line and the climbing of a tree). Besides we see zooms about the architecture in Antananarivo, about the mechanic Edmond, about the Zebu Overseas Board, about the Lemurs' Park and about the NGO "L'homme et l'environnement ".
