Nosy Lonja

Northern Madagascar


The small island of Nosy Lonja, in the middle of the Baie des Français, is known in French as Pain de Sucre (Sugar Loaf), as it resembles the much larger Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro harbour in Brazil. It’s off limits to foreigners and considered sacred by the Malagasy, who use it for fijoroana (ceremonies invoking the ancestors).


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