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
filling the tube
compacting in porous tube
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
building construction
