HOVA TOMBS 115 



The winter months are a favourite time for the native 

 custom of famadihana that is, of wrapping the corpses of their 

 deceased relatives in fresh silk cloths, as well as removing some 

 of them to a new tomb as soon as this is finished. These are 

 quite holiday occasions and times of feasting and, not 

 infrequently, of much that is evil in the way of drinking 

 and licentiousness. 



