Madagascar: What’s good for the forest is good for the native silk industry

Mongabay
Aug 16, 2019, 1:39 pm114 pts
AMORON’I MANIA REGION, Madagascar — People in the highlands of central Madagascar have long buried their loved ones in shrouds of thick wild silk. After several years, they exhume the dead in a turning-of-the-bones ceremony and wrap them in an additional layer. Older people often have a shroud ready when…

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