famadihana
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
famadihana (countable and uncountable, plural famadihanas)
- A Madagascan ceremony in which a corpse is exhumed, wrapped in fresh cloth, and reburied, to the accompaniment of dancing.
Malagasy[edit]
Noun[edit]
famadihana
- the act of turning something over
- (figuratively) the famadihana ceremony
Descendants[edit]
- → English: famadihana