Malagasy word , vocabulary Merina, indicating a situation of misalliance.

Marriage of two people, not belonging to the same social group. That under hears that a person of row " supérieur" married a person of row " inférieur". Here is the principle of the definition. However in practice, this term indicates in particular the andriana which married people of row " inférieur" - being able to be andriana, hova, mainty or andevo.

But the word " mandrorona" , referred especially to a woman belonging to the nobility (zazamarolahy or andriamasinavalona) which married is noble apart from its group (other that zazamarolahy or andriamasinavalona), that is to say a hova, mainty a andevo.

Thus, (defendant of " is it; mandrorona") was put at died or was sold like slave.

The women of the other groupings (petty nobility, hova, or mainty) as for them, followed the condition of their husbands.

The historical company merina, as opposed to what one believes, was founded on an inequality - horizontal (man, woman) and vertical (andriana, hova, mainty, andevo. The men of the nobility (zazamarolahy, andriamasinavalona) escaped the " mandrorona". They were entitled to liberalities.

One does not say not that on the 12 women of Andriamasinavalona, 4 were noble pure, 4 hova and 4 andevo. However of his 12 wives the zazamarolahy and the andriamasinavalona result. And many other examples fuse on this subject concerning the marriage of the andriamasinavalona (in the provinces of Imerina enintoko). The marriage of noble of high ranking with a woman of another grouping was regarded as une" alliance" between this noble clan and this other " groupement".

Admittedly the company merina historical, strongly uneven and was treated on a hierarchical basis. However, there is had a certain flexibility in the control of the social affairs - the " iraisana" will marimaritra;. " conditions" were codified, hierarchiées but evolutionary and suitable S (example annoblissement possible etc…).

It was often said that the women of the nobility were the source of the kings. Let us not forget that these women had a strict obligation to marry of the same men row. For example if there were the name of the mother of Andrianampoinimerina, the father of this last could be only one noble of the same row.

Nowadays (21st century) the " mot" deviated from its historical direction. " Mandrorona" indicate the misalliance between merina with other communities (marriages between andriana and hova being increasingly allowed). Curiously, that concerns the men and the women.

However on the coasts, " mandrorona" always indicate, a misalliance - a " group; supérieur" with a " group; inférieur" - andriana and andevo