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Boulder, Colo., Couple Brings Madagascar Culture to Area Festivals, Markets.

By Gil Asakawa, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 17--The weekly Boulder Outdoor Market at Crossroads Mall is the last place you'd expect to find a colorful variety of finely woven hats, baskets, bags and placemats from Madagascar, an island nation off the southeast coast of Africa.

But there they are. Fanjarivo Rakotonirina and her husband, Georges Raelisaona, owners of Tropical Items Madagascar, are spending every weekend through October at the market, when they're not selling their products at area festivals.

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