Betafo ("many roofs) is a village and fokontany in the municipality Arivonimamo II,[2] in the district of Arivonimamo, in the region of Itasy, Madagascar.

Betafo, Arivonimamo
village (fokontany)
Betafo, Arivonimamo is located in Madagascar
Betafo, Arivonimamo
Betafo, Arivonimamo
Location in Madagascar
Coordinates: 18°59′S 47°06′E / 18.983°S 47.100°E / -18.983; 47.100
Country Madagascar
RegionItasy
DistrictArivonimamo
MunicipalityArivonimamo II
Elevation1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Population
 • Ethnicities
Merina
Time zoneUTC3 (EAT)
Postal code
112

Population

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The village's inhabitants are said to be divided between descendants of nobles (andriana) and descendants of former slaves (olona mainty, literally "black people"). This aspect was the subject of a study by anthropologist David Graeber.[3] His book, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar, contains a detailed recounting of the village's oral traditions, full of stories of scandalous murders, magical battles, forbidden romances, and spiteful ancestors sending fires and hailstorms from their tombs.

 
EPP Betafo Ambohimangakely

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