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.

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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 ...

In MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still ... a hippopotamus asks if Alex is dancing about a plane crash. She is voiced ...

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 ...

the first “Madagascar” found Marty the skeptical zebra (Chris Rock), Alex the exuberant lion (Ben Stiller), Melman the neurotic giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the sassy hippo (Jada ...

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 ...

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.” ...