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HOVA

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 829 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HOVA , the name originally applied to the middle-class Malayo-Indonesian natives of Madagascar (q.v.), as distinct from the noble class Andriane and the slave class Andcvo. Hova has now come to mean the most numerous and powerful of the tribes which form the native population of Madagascar. The Hova, who occupy the province of Imerina, the central
plateau
  of the
island
 , are of Malayo-Indonesian origin. The period at which the Hova arrived in Madagascar is still a subject of dispute. Some think that the immigration took place in very early times, before Hinduism reached the Malay Archipelago, since no trace of Sanskrit is found in Malagasy. Others believe that the Hova did not reach the
island
  until the 12th or r3th century. At the French conquest of Madagascar (1895), the Hova were the most powerful and, politically, the dominant people; but were far from having subjected the whole of the island to their
rule
 . The Hova are short and slim, with a complexion of a yellowish olive, many being fairer than the
average
  of southern Europeans. Their
hair
  is long, black and smooth but coarse. Their heads
Much
rice
  is cultivated in the vicinity of
Houston
  by Japanese farmers.are round, with flat straight foreheads, flat faces, prominent cheekbones, small straight noses, fairly wide nostrils, and small black and slightly oblique eyes. The physical contrast to the negro is usually very obvious, but, especially among the lower classes, there is a tendency to thick lips, kinky
hair
  and dark skin. In many of their customs, such as taboo,
infanticide
 ,
marriage
  and funeral rites, they show their Indonesian origin. Most of them now profess Christianity.


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