From Ifaty, we returned to the capital, Antananarivo, where we visited the 18th century Summer Palace. Half the population of Madagascar is animist, so animal sacrifices are not uncommon. At the palace, there is a holy rock, demarkated by the short posts banged into the ground, on which zebu are sacrificed, and the tops of their skulls, with the horns, are fixed to the wall above. Fortunately, nothing had been sacrificed for a while, so it didn't stink!