Never have a funeral on a Thursday

About half of the Madagascar population practices traditional religions, with 41% of the population practicing Christianity. The link between the living and the dead is a common belief among the Malagasy people. The spirit world is just as important as the physical world. And Malagasy believes that no funeral on Thursday.

When it comes to days of the week all the Malagasy people believe that there is a purpose and something that needs to be done on every day and Thursday is one of them. Thursday is the first day in the Malagasy calendar and so it’s the best day to start anything you would like to last, especially house building for example. In the same way, it is not recommended to have a funeral on a Thursday. When one has a funeral on Thursday, it is believed that this will be the beginning of continuous deaths in the family. And that is why no funeral will ever be arranged on a Thursday.