Sandstone Sculptures and Cultural Remnants, Isalo National Park is the landform of a soft white sandstone plateau formed over 240 million years ago with origins that began in the Triassic period. The winds have eroded the plateau into dramatic and beautiful ruins, quite different from the canyons in Makay. The vegetation around the plateau consists of Tapia trees and various drought-tolerant plants that thrive in the dry climate. Some commonly known Madagascar’s Lemurs live in this area: Verreaux’s Sifaka, Ring-tailed Lemur, and Red-fronted Lemur. The cultural aspect linked to this map with respect to Isalo was the remnants of the Bara funeral rites, with ancestral tombs left in the cracks of the cliffs, buried or halved into the cliff walls – an emotional kernel for the cultural aspect of the creole society’s sedentary connection to the people of this landscape.
