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River paths
The regional boat goes down the left bank of the Solimões river with white watersThe popular language refers with this term to rivers with a light ocher color, rich in sediments and whose sources usually start in the Andes. Examples: Amazon River, Purus River, Madeira River… More, it will soon find the paraná that will take it to the Negro river. The intense fluvial communication has the city of Manaus as the center of arrival and departure, where the riverside trade is concentrated to sell the products that he brings from the countryside, such as manioc flour, cassava, peach palm, açaí, chestnut, etc. These sales allow the realization of a greater desire, a goal of improving an extremely simple life. For example, the riverside dweller’s unpretentious dream is to buy a rabetaSmall propulsion engine that includes in the same block a long rod at the end of which the propeller is mounted. Coupled through a pin on the back of small vessels or boats, it is driven manually, submerging the propeller and turning on the pin to determine the direction. More motor, a flour ovenThe flour oven is a steel plate with edges used to toast flour. With a controlled fire under this plate, the caboclo stirs the flour until it is completely dehydrated. This dehydration allows the conservation of flour for long periods of time. In the indigenous tradition, the plate was made of clay. More, a fishing net… instruments that make his day-to-day life easier and ensure his family’s food security.

P10_231 – Leonide Principe
Camera Nikon F5 with Nikkor lens 70-200mm f2.8 – Diapositive Film Fujichrome Velvia 50 – Scanner: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
Digitised from a positive on film –
Original file size: 5389px x 3576px
Location Taken: Solimoes river (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date Taken: 1995
Collection: Riverines – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
barcos regionais, regional boats, ribeirinhos, riverines, riverside dwellers, caboclosThere is the caboclo of terra firme (highlands), more dedicated to hunting and agriculture, he knows and moves with agility in the dense forest of the highlands. There is the riverine that inhabits the riverbanks, more dedicated to fishing and short-term crops following the flow of the waters. Brown skin, the result of centuries of miscegenation between native Indians and many other peoples – mainly Brazilians from the Northeast, Portuguese, Bolivians, Peruvians, Colombians, Syrians, Lebanese and Jews – pioneers from the time before the rubber boom, or who took part in the boom. Over time, caboclos absorbed the ancient wisdom derived from many indigenous ethnicities. More, cabocloThere is the caboclo of terra firme (highlands), more dedicated to hunting and agriculture, he knows and moves with agility in the dense forest of the highlands. There is the riverine that inhabits the riverbanks, more dedicated to fishing and short-term crops following the flow of the waters. Brown skin, the result of centuries of miscegenation between native Indians and many other peoples – mainly Brazilians from the Northeast, Portuguese, Bolivians, Peruvians, Colombians, Syrians, Lebanese and Jews – pioneers from the time before the rubber boom, or who took part in the boom. Over time, caboclos absorbed the ancient wisdom derived from many indigenous ethnicities. More, GENTE, PEOPLE, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, rio Solimões, Solimoes river, rios, rivers, águas, waterscapes, beira, riverside bank
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PT1 Caminhos de rio P10_231
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