Ala fady

7.8. 2019: The Mangoky Reserve was officially inaugurated together with the leaders of the surrounding villages, a representative of the municipality of Ambika and the local representative of Asity. The inauguration was committed as a traditional ceremony where an ox was slaughtered, and the meat distributed to the village people. The chief of the area blessed the forest and declared it Ala Fady – a “taboo forest”; herewith all destruction of this forest was declared unlawful according to the local customs, and transgressions may result in personal disadvantages.