These are some images from a project I have been working since 2003 in my homegrounds in the mountains of northeastern Brasil. Here are images from one of the last family owned engenhos left in the state. Engenhos date back to the times of Portuguese colonization. Back then they were worked by enslaved Africans. This particular engenho is three-generations old. They treat the yucca to make two types of flour and the sugar cane to make rapadura - a fundamental element in the local cuisine.
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