Now officials have identified a centuries-old tradition in Madagascar that could heighten the risk of the outbreak spreading: dancing with the dead. The local name for the practice is famadihana ...

RELATIVES dancing with the corpses of their loved ... how warnings have been issued for NINE countries surrounding Madagascar amid fears the disease could spread via sea trade and flight routes.

In the rolling hills of Madagascar’s central highlands, the Merina tribe exhumes the remains of their ancestors for a celebration-cum-family reunion. In this sacred ritual, which occurs every ...

The deadly plague sweeping Madagascar may have a particularly gruesome cause — a local tradition of dancing with dead bodies. Health officials suspect it’s no coincidence that the outbreak ...

A giraffe in love with a hippo, a zebra with an identity crisis, a lion desperate to win his newfound daddy's respect — the makers of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa could have plunked their heroes ...

TV presenter, theatre performer and Strictly Come Dancing ... Madagascar the Musical tour continues on to Aberdeen, if you join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hippo ...

In the village of Ambohimandry, 48km west of Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, festivities fill the air. People in similar clothes carry a body on their shoulders, singing and dancing.

who co-stars in "Madagascar 3" as Gloria the hippopotamus. But she figured out how to make it work."I always have to reach inside to my inner hippo," Pinkett Smith told TODAY's Ann Curry Wednesday.

The Black Eyed Peas leader has bulked up his profile with a scene-stealing turn as the voice of Moto Moto, the amorous but romantically challenged hippo in “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.” ...

It's people fun time! Whoo! Let's go, Gloria! Up and at 'em! MONDELLO: That would be Gloria the Hippo. (Soundbite of "Madagascar") Ms. JADA PINKETT SMITH: (As Gloria the Hippo) Hey, what's dancin'?