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1Mauritania : Ignorance and TraditionMaoritania.
2Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.:Tsy fahaizana sa fanajana ny fomba amam-panao ?
3Generously endowed women are favored in Mauritania. The fatter the woman, the more beautiful she is thought to be.Ny atao hoe “tsara sy meva”dia arakarak'izay maso mijery: Ny vehivavy nofosana sy matavy dia maro mankafia eto Maoritania; araka ny maha-nofosana azy no hilazana azy hoe “manja”.
4Being big is also a sign of wealth and the search for beauty and signs of exterior wealth leads to some unorthodox methods : gavage, or the force feeding of women, forcing them to ingest 2 kilograms of couscous mixed with two glasses of butter in one seating.Ny olona vaventy dia heverina ho mpanankarena . Noho izany ,misy tokoa ireo izay mampiasa fomba tsy marim-pototra mba ho manja kokoa araka ny heviny na koa hiseho ho manan-karena: ny fanatavezan sesi-mototra toy ny fanerena ny vehivavy hitelina couscous roa kilao miaraka amini'ny dibera 2 vera, indray homana.
5Gavage of Mauritanian women was the subject of a “Politique au Senegal” post, written by Naomed, and a commentator remarked that : “but it is not their fault, this is how they were educated”Ny fanatavezana ny maoritanianina vavy no nahatonga ny lahatsoratry i Naomed (Politique au Sénégal) izay novalin'ny mpamaky iray hoe: “tsy azo omen-tsiny ry zareo satria izany no fomba nanabeazana azy” Nanontany tena ary Naomed (Archiblog) hoe ny tsy fahaizana sy ny fomba amam-panao dia ampy hanome rariny an'izy ireo.
6Naomed, writing now on the Archipo Blog wonders though if Ignorance or tradition are an excuse.Ny fanao tsy mendrika dia maro tokoa eo amion'ny fianantsika ary ny fomba entim-paharazana no entina iarovana an'izany.
7“Condamnable acts abound in our societies and a great number of them are legitimized by tradition and culture.Ohatra: ny tsindry hazo lena sy ny fanararaotana ny mpanampy an-trano sy ny fanandevozana ireo mpianatra kely (talibe), ny “excision”, ny fanambadiana ankaterena diso tanora loatra.
8I name : the exploitation of young maids and abuse of small talibes slaves by their marabouts, excision, early and arranged marriages….Tafaletika lalina amin'ny fombantsika izany ary mifanojo tanteraka amin'ny fanao entim-paharazana, toy izany koa ny kolikoly, ny didi-jadona ny fanodikodinam-pahefana izay anaty ny fomba nentim-paharazana.
9All this is deeply ingrained in our culture, in compliance with our customs.
10Up to a certain point, corruption and power, wealth grabbing combined with nepotism are also entrenched in our traditions.Na ekena aza fa tsy tompon'andraikitra amin'ny fanabezana voarainy izy ireo, hatra'aiza koa no tokony anekena izany ho fiarovan-tena amin'ny eloka tontosa.
11We are not responsible of the education we got, that much we cannot deny, but up to what point can we hide behind this education to justify our actions?
12He argues passionately that :
13“We tolerate the survival of criminal acts if they are committed in our home and their perpetrators are of our culture, our neighbors or brothers…”
14and he then turns the argument of tradition and education on its head :Tantitsika tokoa ny fanohizana ny fomba eloka be vava raha toa ka eo anivon'nty tanintsika sy raha toa ka olona iray fiaviana amintsika.
15“If a condemnable act is tolerated and justified by a tradition and an education, it would be right to apply this principle universally.Dia hoy ihany I Named: raha fanao tsy mendrika no arovany ny fomba nentim-paharazana sy ny fanabeazana, rariny izany raha ampiarina eraky ny tontolo iainana.
16What is good for us, should be good for others.
17It puts us in an awkward situation to judge slavery and its trade of which the African continent has been the victim.”Izay soa ho antsika dia tokony ho soa ho any rehetra ho sarotra amintsika izany ny hitsara ny fanandevozana sy famarotana olona izay nampiarina tamin'I Afrika.
18“”Slavery was a well established tradition at the time.Ny fanandevozana dia fomba mafy orina taloha.
19Many cultures were based on slavery, African ones included. This slavery was conform to the tradition, customs and morality of the time.”Maro tokoa ny fokonolona niorina tamin'izany amin'ny tany Afrikana, ka mifanaraka amin'ny fomba amam-panao tamin'izany fotoana izany.
20He concludes by deploring the slave like conditions of young maids and demonstrating the absurdity of the education and tradition argument.Ny faran-tenin'I Naomed dia ny fanoherana ny fomba fampiasana ny mpanampy an-trano, izay toy ny fanandevozana tokoa ary asehony ny tsy maha-maripototra ny fiarovana izany nentim-paharazana
21“”It comes to nobody's mind to forgive those who committed this crime.
22In the name of the reciprocity of forms, should we tolerate and leave unpunished the slave like conditions of small talibes, young maids?Tsy misy amela ny elokin'ireo nanantanteraka izany fanandevozana izany: azo leferina ve ny fanararaotana misarisary fanandevozana ampiarina amin'ny talibe kely sy mpanampy an-trano satria hoe “noho ny fanabeazana taloha sy ny nentim-paharazana izay mbola tsy hita izay maharatsy azy” Mialy Andriamananjara
23Under the pretext that the perpetrators of these acts were thusly educated and saw no ill doing?”