Most Antananarivo residents have strong ties to their tanindrazana (ancestral village), where the extended family and typically a family tomb or burial place is located; many older residents leave the city upon retirement to return to their rural area of origin.
大部分塔那那利佛的居民与他们的祖先村（tanindrazana）有着密切的联系，即一般情况下家庭坟墓或葬地的所在地；许多老年人退休后离开了城市，返回农村地区居住。