Culture of the Comoros

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culinary traditions of the Comoros

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thumb|A Malagasy woman wearing protective masonjoany and head-carrying laundry thumb|A Malagasy girl in Nosy Be wearing ornamental masonjoany Masonjoany () (or msindanu or msindzano in Comoros and Mayotte) is a cosmetic paste and sunscreen made of ground wood. It is worn as a protective and decorative mask by women and girls in Madagascar, Comoros, and Mayotte. In Madagascar, the paste has yellow and white forms, with yellow masonjoany being derived from the wood of the tabàky or Madagascar sandalwood (Coptosperma madagascarensis), and white masonjoany deriving from the wood of the aviavy or f