🇲🇬 Madagascar
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🏆 Top 10 Religious & spiritual Festival
Fisemana
Traditional Antakarana purification ritual
When
Usually July-August
Duration
1 day
Where
Madagascar
When it happensTimed by the season, the harvest or the moon, so it drifts by weeks from year to year.
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Where it happens
Centuries-old purification ritual performed by the Antakarana people, conducted by local soothsayers.
How it's celebrated
Traditional rituals, ceremonies
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Last updated 5 Sep 2026.