{"id":373,"date":"2016-05-19T00:47:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T00:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=373"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:36:17","slug":"madagascar-update-a-relaxing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/madagascar-update-a-relaxing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar Update: A Relaxing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>So far the trip has been constant hard work. The Beit Din has been putting\u00a0in 12 hour\u00a0days. Some of us have come more than half way around the world to go no further than the front door of our hotel. \u00a0We looked forward to\u00a0Monday\u00a0which was to be a day of touring. \u00a0Some of us went on an organized trip to the lemur reserve. It was an interesting trip which took us past the vast slums of Antanamarivo where housing seemed to spring from a waterlogged marsh and people lived in dread of the flooding caused by periodic cyclones. The lemur park was a delightful \u00a0nature reserve sponsored by France and Japan. Its inhabitants were ex-pets liberated from lives of ignominy as pets to the relative dignity and steady food supply of the reserve.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The lemurs were delightful.\u00a0Their seemingly gliding through the air was quite remarkable. They even stopped to play with my wife\u2019s cane.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2978\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2069-e1463668756335.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2978 \" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2069-e1463668756335-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gate of the Rova. Notice the symbol on the left tower.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gate of the Rova. Notice the symbol on the left tower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The next stop was not one of delight but one we where we felt lost. It was the Rova, the historic palace complex of the pre-colonial royalty. \u00a0This site is dominated be the Queen\u2019s palace, a huge stone structure that can be seen throughout the city. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century and compares quite well with European royal palaces. \u00a0It was the prime repository of Malagasy tradition and culture. On a windy night in 1995 the palace was set on fire. \u00a0The wind carried the fire so that all of the structures were destroyed. No one knows who set the fire and for what reason other that than that it has something to do with politics. \u00a0It has been partially destroyed but the sense of loss remains strong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of the unusual features of society is the centrality of circumcision. An uncircumcised male is an object of contempt. The circumcised penis is also the symbol of royal power and appears on the gate of the Rova, one wonders what would have happened had the Jews been less modest. Tomorrow we are looking forward to the conference.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-Rabbi Gerald Sussman<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far the trip has been constant hard work. The Beit Din has been putting\u00a0in 12 hour\u00a0days. Some of us <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Madagascar Update: A Relaxing Day - Kulanu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So far the trip has been constant hard work. The Beit Din has been putting\u00a0in 12 hour\u00a0days. 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