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Geysers of Analavory Madagascar

Situated near the Itasy Lake, the geysers of Analavory are geysers of cold water ... Its eruption is driven by bubbles of carbon dioxide , instead of by steam ;...
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Situated near the Itasy Lake, the geysers of Analavory are geysers of cold water ... Its eruption is driven by bubbles of carbon dioxide , instead of by steam ;The mouths of the artificial geyser grew over time until reaching over four meters of height ;

Located close to the hill of Ambohitriririnina where was a King named Andriampohy, the site Analavory takes a singular story that imposed a "fady", a very well respected taboo in the region.

In this particularly spectacular scenery with water of therapeutic virtues, beans and goat meat are totally prohibited. This is because the king before dying, had beans and goat meat in hismeals. Before dying, , the King has forbidden to all his descendants to eat those two things , on the site of the geysers.

Before becoming a touristic place, this place was used by the Malagasy peoplewho came to perform an ancient ritual, the "Fanasinana", hoping to have children, to recover health after any disease, or to obtain a solution to their daily problems.

In that time, the "mpimasy", traditional healers, were only the owners.
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