Santarem

Belem, Para islands near Belem Brazilia Colonial Cities Iguacu falls Manaus Petropolis Pele Recife, Perambuco Rio de Janeiro Rio Negro Salvador, Bahia Lower Salvador Santarem Ver-o-Peso Market Vintage Railroad

Santarem

 area of

Brazil

 

cutting rubber tree

 

collecting the latex
(a rubber tree will yield approximately 1.8 kg (about 4 lb.) of dry crude rubber annually.)

 

coming from the manioc fields

 

harvesting the manioc roots

 

cleaning the roots

 

ready for chopping

 

chopping the manioc

 

using hand wheel

 

chopped manioc

 

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filling the tube

 

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compacting in porous tube

 

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twisting the tube to remove liquid
(Tapioca is the starch extracted from the thickened rhizome liquid of this plant called manioc in Brazil and cassava in the United States. The root in powder form is used to prepare farinha, a meal used to make thin cakes sometimes called cassava bread.)

 

the family

 

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building construction

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