ANTHROP 2F03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Malagasy People, Ankarana Reserve, Going Underground
23 Nov 2016
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1999 everyone living in ambondromifehy was mining, trading, selling or buying. Stones have no importance but for foreign buyers. Work to produce and procure commodities for distant places markets and consumers: will never be able to navigate the routes of international trade. Sapphires are distinct can be portable, last for a long time, high in value: e(cid:448)e(cid:374) disti(cid:374)(cid:272)t i(cid:374) the (cid:449)ay they"re (cid:272)olle(cid:272)ted miners risk their lives, complicated found within boundaries of national park. Motivations for joining mirisky to risk i. e. koko coming to ambon with no experience or knowledge about mining. Jao helps him and he acts like an older brother: poineering prospectors worked together in search for sapphires mostly near small mining operations then branched off to forests/caves of ankarana national park. Some miners went to water sources to work through dirt, some left it to people they trusted like women jao and his spouse soa.
