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The modern Sakalava have relatively dark skins.
The west of Mozambique received a number of African immigrants from across the Mozambique Channel and their influence shows not only in the racial characteristics of the people, but also in their language and customs.
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There are a number of Bantu words in their dialect, and ther belief in tromba (spirit possession) and dady (royal relics cult) is of African origin.
The Sakalava do not practise second burial the qualify of their funerary art (in one small area) rivals that of the Mahafaly; birds and naked figures are a feature of Sakalava tombs, the latter frequently in erotic positions.
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The female figures are often disproportionately large, perhaps recognising the importance of women in the Sakalava culture.
Sakalava Rojalty do not require elaborate tombs since kings are considered to continue their spiritual existence through a medium with healing powers, and in royal relics.
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