Masikoro

[3] The Masikoro belong ethnically to the Sakalava people along with the Mikea and the Vezo fishermen,[4] which trade products caught, foraged or cultivated in the forest among themselves.

[5] As agropastoralists, the Masikoro typically raise cattle and cultivate maize[6] and manioc "semi-intensively on a 12-to 15-month schedule".

[7][8] Weekly markets are held in villages of the Masikoro people in which the Mikea trade their products made from the forest such as honey, tambotrika,[a] tavolo powder, and ovy.

[11] It was important for the king to have a reliable boat available for transport, so if a Masikoro damaged a Vezo canoe, the punishment was beheading.

[12] Masikoro have "long, curly hair; high and broad foreheads; large and deep-set eyes; and wide nostrils".