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HISTOIRE<br />

Bezanozano<br />

LA COHÉSION<br />

DES CLANS<br />

COHESION OF<br />

THE CLANS<br />

©: Mano Rakotondrasata (Pikart)<br />

Les Bezanozano, un peuple autonome, est l’une des<br />

premières souches des Vazimba de Madagascar.<br />

The Bezanozano, an autonomous people, are one<br />

of the first strains of the Vazimba of Madagascar.<br />

L<br />

a majorité des Bezanozano est originaire des<br />

Vazimba, c’est la raison pour laquelle ils sont<br />

également appelés Zafimbazimba. Au 1er siècle,<br />

les Vazimba furent les premiers occupants<br />

de la région d’Ankay (connue sous le nom de<br />

Moramanga aujourd’hui), et ce jusqu’au<br />

Xeme siècle. Durant toute cette période,<br />

ils étaient organisés en petits clans pour<br />

se protéger des villages fortifiés sur les<br />

crêtes de montagne. L’impressionnante<br />

cohésion de ses clans a continuellement<br />

renforcé leur pouvoir.<br />

Entre le Xème et le XVème siècle,<br />

les Berahoraho, un grand ensemble de<br />

clans issus des «Rasikajy» du nord-est,<br />

sont arrivés dans la région. Petit à petit,<br />

un métissage ethnique et de mode de<br />

vie se s’est opéré, donnant le peuple<br />

Bezanozano.<br />

Bezanozano signifie «ceux aux<br />

nombreuses petites tresses», un style<br />

de coiffure africain qui désigne de petites brindilles dites<br />

zanozano. Ce style de coiffure a marqué la culture Bezanozano.<br />

Cette ethnie de Madagascar est particulièrement située à<br />

Moramanga, à l’est et à l’ouest du territoire Betsimisaraka,<br />

dans la haute vallée de la rivière Mangoro.<br />

Bezanozano<br />

signifie «ceux<br />

aux nombreuses<br />

petites tresses»<br />

Bezanozano<br />

means 'those<br />

with many small<br />

braids'<br />

The majority of the Bezanozano are from<br />

the Vazimba, which is why they are also<br />

called Zafimbazimba. In the 1st century,<br />

the Vazimba were the first occupants of the<br />

Ankay region (now known as Moramanga),<br />

until the 10th century. Throughout<br />

this period, they were organised into<br />

small clans to protect themselves<br />

from the fortified villages on the<br />

mountain ridges. The impressive<br />

cohesion of its clans has continuously<br />

strengthened their power.<br />

Between the 10th and 15th<br />

centuries, the Berahoraho, a large<br />

group of clans from the Rasikajy of<br />

the north-east, arrived in the region.<br />

Gradually, an ethnic and lifestyle mix<br />

took place, creating the Bezanozano<br />

people.<br />

Bezanozano means 'those with<br />

many small braids', an African hair<br />

style that refers to small twigs called zanozano, a style<br />

of hairdressing that marks the Bezanozano culture.<br />

This Madagascar ethnic group is particularly located in<br />

Moramanga, in the east and west of the Betsimisaraka<br />

territory, in the upper valley of the Mangoro river.<br />

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