Santabary (April/May):
first rice harvest.

Fisemana (June):
A ritual purification ceremony of the Antakarana people

Famadihana (June to September):
Literally the “turning of the bones” these reburial ceremonies are held usually during August and September.

Sambatra (June to December):
Circumcision festivals held by most tribes between June and September and in November and December in the southwest.

Ceremonies

Ala volon-jaza:
When a baby's hair is cut for the first time. Antambahoka
Grandparents form the south perform the haircutting ceremony. The child is
put in a basin of water and the bathed. The Merina people have a similar
ceremony however only the father's parents if still alive may perform the
ritual. After the hair cutting the family then sits to a meal of rice,
zebu, milk and honey. Coins are put in a bowl and the older children in
the family complete for the most amount of coins.

Tsangatsaine:
The Antankarana people perform this ceremony… two tall trees growing side
by side near a noble family home are tied together. This symbolizes the
unification of the Antakarana tribe, as well as connecting the past with
the present and the living with the dead.