| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| 1. Research Approach | 第14-15页 |
| 2. Problem statement | 第15-16页 |
| 3. Research objective | 第16页 |
| 4. Research methodology | 第16-17页 |
| 5. Structure of the thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE | 第18-40页 |
| 1. Background context of Madagascar land, people and culture | 第18-21页 |
| 2. Reburial in the world | 第21-24页 |
| 3. The reburial "Famadihana" in the central area of Madagascar | 第24-28页 |
| ·Origin of the custom Famadihana | 第25-26页 |
| ·Etymology of the word "Famadihana" | 第26页 |
| ·Types of Famadihana | 第26-27页 |
| ·Traditional reburial ceremony & process | 第27-28页 |
| 4. Morale values and Cultural Dimension of famadihana | 第28-33页 |
| ·Link between ancestor and the living in Malagasy culture | 第31页 |
| ·target of famadihana | 第31-32页 |
| ·Tombs and Tanindrazana | 第32-33页 |
| 5. Christianity and religious practice | 第33-36页 |
| ·Christianity | 第33-35页 |
| ·History of religion in Madagascar | 第34-35页 |
| ·Christianity and its principles (moral values) | 第35页 |
| ·Famadihana practise beside Religious beliefs | 第35-36页 |
| ·Similarities between the religion concept and Famadihana reburial | 第35页 |
| ·Biblical references about reburial and exhumation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Importance of Raiamandreny (parents) | 第36页 |
| 6. Contradiction between Christianity belief and reburial concept | 第36-40页 |
| ·About the dead spirits | 第36-37页 |
| ·About the worship | 第37页 |
| ·Confusion and misunderstanding in intercultural communication | 第37-39页 |
| ·Concept of God in the Malagasy traditional belief and Christianity | 第37-38页 |
| ·Enculturation and contextualisation | 第38-39页 |
| ·Compromise between Reburial and Christianity | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 3: FIELDWORK AND ANALYSIS | 第40-62页 |
| 1. Methodology of research, Data collection and analysis | 第40页 |
| 2. Method of Data collection | 第40页 |
| 3. Source of data collection | 第40-41页 |
| 4. Ethnography and observation | 第41-54页 |
| ·Presentation of the Ambohibary Sambaina | 第41页 |
| ·Geographic localisation: the village Tsarahonenana | 第41-43页 |
| ·Village history | 第43页 |
| ·Population and characteristics (habitat) | 第43页 |
| ·Economic activities | 第43-44页 |
| ·Rituals and traditional practises respected (ody, fady, fomban-drazana) | 第44-45页 |
| ·Ody (Amulets and talismans) | 第44页 |
| ·Fady (Taboo or prohibited) | 第44页 |
| ·Fomban-drazana (ancestor's rituals) | 第44-45页 |
| ·The second funeral and the land of ancestor in Ambohibary Sambaina | 第45-48页 |
| ·famadihana in Ambohibary Sambaina and its Specificities | 第45-46页 |
| ·description of famadihana | 第46-48页 |
| ·Frequency of the practise | 第48页 |
| ·Meaning behind the famadihana in Sambaina | 第48-51页 |
| ·Ancestor land and people | 第49-50页 |
| ·Impacts of famadihana | 第50-51页 |
| ·Religious practices and surrounding churches | 第51-54页 |
| ·Lutherans church (FLM) and its history in Vakinakaratra | 第52-53页 |
| ·the Lutheran church principles beside famadihana | 第53-54页 |
| 5. Church Leaders point of view | 第54-62页 |
| ·Point of view of Christians practicians of famadihana (CPT) | 第55-58页 |
| ·Respect of the raiamandreny and ask for blessing | 第57-58页 |
| ·Familial solidarity | 第58页 |
| ·the practice of famadihana is a custom rather than a religion | 第58页 |
| ·Point of view of Christians non practicians of famadihana and critics | 第58-59页 |
| ·Important expenditures | 第58页 |
| ·cult of ancestors | 第58-59页 |
| ·The practise of famadihana is contradictory with Christianity principles | 第59页 |
| ·Point of view of Christian sects and non Christians and immigrant about famadihana | 第59-62页 |
| ·Almost all of Christian Sects don't practice famadihana | 第59页 |
| ·rivalry and competition between churches | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter 4: DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS | 第62-66页 |
| 1. Tradition to discuss | 第62-64页 |
| 2. Traditions to leave | 第64页 |
| 3. Tradition to keep | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 5: CONCLUSION | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-76页 |
| Appendix | 第76-81页 |
| Acknowledgment | 第81页 |
