Nossi Be Sakalava Women Nosy Be (formerly Nossi-bé and Nosse Be) is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Nosy Be is Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist resort. It has an area of km2 ( sq mi), Nosy Be means "big island" in the Malagasy language. The island was called Assada during the early colonial era of the 17th century. The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava are one of the smaller ethnic groups, constituting about percent of the total populatio


Nossi Be Sakalava Women Nosy Be (formerly Nossi-bé and Nosse Be) is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Nosy Be is Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist resort. It has an area of km2 ( sq mi), Nosy Be means "big island" in the Malagasy language. The island was called Assada during the early colonial era of the 17th century. The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar. They are found on the western and northwest region of the island, in a band along the coast. The Sakalava are one of the smaller ethnic groups, constituting about percent of the total population from the book ' The living races of mankind ' a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts & ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, and Henry Neville Hutchinson Published in London by Hutchinson & Co. in 1902


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