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The centrepiece here is the wooden house of the great king Andrianampoinimerina, who reigned from 1787 to 1810.
This simple one-room building is interesting for the insight it gives into royal daily life of that area.
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There is a display of cooking utensils - and the stone that surrounded the cooking fire -, weapons and the two beds, the upper one for the king and the lower for one of his 12 wives. The roof is supported by a 10 m rosewood pole.
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A visit here can be full of surprises, as Alistair Marshall recounts:" Remember this is not a museum, it is the king's palace ... he is here. On all my visits there were always several people asking the king for favours. On one memorable occasion I entered his hut to find what seemed like a party in full flow. A man had been possessed by the spirit of a king from the south and he had come to the palace to greet, and be greeted by, king Andrianampoininimerina. The man had gone into a trance and a group of mediums were assisting him. They had found an accordion player and the man was dancing to the king's attention. We were spellbound by all this, but the Malagasy visitors totally ignored what was going on and continued to look round the hut as though nothing was happening !"
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