Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Royal Hill of Ambohimanga' has mentioned 'Rice' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| [9] Rice paddies took the place of the original valley forests by the 16th century,[10] and the growing population near the valleys around Ambohimanga became known by the clan name Tantsaha ("people of the cultivated land"). | WIKI |
| [19] The terraced rice paddies that cover the hillsides to the north and south of the royal city were created in the 17th and 18th centuries to provide a staple food source to the inhabitants of the hill and its surrounding villages. | WIKI |
| Rising from among the surrounding valleys and terraced rice paddies, the hill is topped with a forest that was exempted from the widespread deforestation of the highlands due to its sacred nature. | WIKI |
| The villages surrounding the royal city date back to at least the 16th century, when the valleys around Ambohimanga hill were first transformed into rice paddies. | WIKI |
| The site constitutes a remarkable testimony to the austro-indonesian culture (Indonesia) through ancestor worship and agricultural practices, notably irrigated stepped rice paddy fields on the one hand, and the African culture (west and southern Africa) through the cult of the royal person, on the other. | UNESCO |