This is the video I have made for the worldwide project One Day on Earth. Forgive me if it took me time to edit it and upload it. I hope you will enjoy it.
You can guess by the title of this post that the footage shows buses and markets in Antananarivo. It also shows the street markets on a Sunday morning in the Capital city where you can find a lot of items you may need to buy such as clothes, shoes, bags, school items, toys, DVDs, food, kitchen utensils…
The reason why I wanted to join One Day on Earth for its historical project is I wanted to make Madagascar known. I know I could not do that much but I really wanted to do something. Honestly, I feel sad to see several people representing a country and only a very few for mine. When joining was easier than filming on the D-day, I did not want to give up. It was a challenge for me to go out of my place handling my camera in unsafe streets.
The first shooting was made from my veranda. I started with buses since there was a bus stop just on the bridge a few miles away from my place. This was easy because I was home and no one had noticed what I was doing. It was time to go out and find something else to film but where? It was a Sunday morning; most of the shops and offices were closed. And I did not want to go to church with my jeans and sneakers. There was a little moment of thinking and… “Bingo!”, there are always markets even on Sunday. My husband did not want me to go there. You could guess it, this would not be safe for me and my camera. But stubborn as I am, I went down the streets and headed to the markets anyway. My poor husband did not let me alone of course, he finally decided to be my “guard” 😀 (My husband is lovely, isn’t he? 😉 ). Anyway, I could make the video. Only a few people I met in the streets were reluctant with the project, but I sincerely appreciated the sellers in Behoririka market, the bus driver, its conductor and all the passengers who nicely agreed to be part of my film. I am also thankful to Olombelo Ricky, a great and cool Malagasy singer, who let me use one of his songs for the video. I have chosen “Mananilatany”; I love the sound of this song 🙂 (And you?)
Nothing more to say, I’ll let you enjoy the video if it wasn’t done already 😉
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November 4, 2010 at 10:38 am
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November 4, 2010 at 2:04 pm
simp
kay le,
the fruits… i want those!!
all of them!!!
November 4, 2010 at 2:04 pm
simp
adino kely,
tsara fa tohizo ooo
November 4, 2010 at 2:07 pm
ariniaina
Fotoanan’ny voankazo mihitsy izao 🙂
Misaotre 😉
November 6, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Mitia
Hello girl, I luv the video, it remembers me a lot of our country, mampitehody; it’s cool that U represent us.
For the baby, it’s better to do it when ur young but I think U already know that so comon
November 6, 2010 at 8:25 pm
ariniaina
I’m happy u liked the video.
Thanks a lot for ur lovely comments and the advice 😉
November 8, 2010 at 6:23 pm
saveoursmile
well, congrats for having done it- street-filming is just so challenging in Antananarivo that I gave up. I finally opted for the still photography as I’m no good film shooter 🙂
November 8, 2010 at 8:13 pm
ariniaina
Tx Saveoursmile 🙂
And I completely understand your fear. I know you’re good at still photography now 😉
November 28, 2010 at 2:55 am
Lois
Thank you for showing me a little bit of an island so far away from me. I live in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois in The United States.
November 28, 2010 at 12:15 pm
ariniaina
Hi Lois,
Thank you for stopping by. I’m happy you appreciated the video.
Cheers,
A.
April 25, 2013 at 5:06 pm
Brendon
This was a pretty insightful video of Madagascar because its pretty hard to get some relatively good footage of life there. (My current girlfriend lives in tana and couldn’t get any good footage until she sent me this) I’m from a Caribbean island (Trinidad and Tobago) and this video reminds me of Trinidad a lot.
March 17, 2024 at 9:54 pm
koosoom desai
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