A beautiful project where art takes on its full meaning with “Seho Rano Iray” of the company Miangaly Théâtre in Ivelo and Amparihy around Vontovorona in close collaboration with the French company “The other hand”. A “African Culture Access” system.
It is in memory of the Landy Volafotsy troupe that this “Seho Rano Iray” project of the company Miangaly Théâtre was held in Ivelo and Amparihy on Sunday, a locality made of rice fields and laterite a stone’s throw from the capital. “” Yes indeed, the company Landy Volafotsy initiated this theater in rural areas »recognizes Fela Razafiarison, director of the company. By the people and for the people, this project which takes up the foundations of the theater of ancient Greece was born in 2022/2023. In August 2025, the tale “Ranoro”, a folk spectacle, a circus, and poetry … invest the places of the two villages under the conquered gaze of the locals. “” On one of the shows we chose the house of a local resident as a decor “, As if this one was part of the room, adds Fela Razafiarison. Suddenly the artistic dimension transcended the village, and by ricochet the villagers, who found themselves caught in the whirlwind of the proposed history. “” There was a scene where it was necessary to find water, so the villagers accompanied the actors to the water point ». Waller, “Seho Rano Iray” tries to offer the maximum discipline. In these places where the cultural offer is necessarily limited to music, undoubtedly also the “telenovelas”, integrating the theater there could be a bet. “” When you come to someone, it has its habits, its mania, it is not up to you to impose. It is also in this perspective that the project had to be carried out in this village, it is a posture to hold “, Hades fela razafiarison. But the need was already there, it was only necessary that the company Miangaly Théâtre turns to Ivelo. The president of the Fokotany was enthusiastic, the population still wants it. The bet is won for the troop. “” The villagers asked us to come back ». The continuation of the project is to always integrate IVELO into the preparation, artistic approaches, organization … The dream of the troop – a delirium with cultural policy in Madagascar – is to widen the horizons and to propose arts of the scene and theater in other rural villages of Madagascar.
Maminirina Rado
