ANT357H5 Lecture Notes - Cassava, White Meat, Animism
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Xingy ( multi- lingual group) and they are connected through exchange, indigenous park, brazil. Wauja people plant orchards (fruit trees) and passed down through generations high in fat and not to sweet. Manioc planted on slash and burn methods. Manioc is collected in a garden and brought to the village and is processed by women. 2 types of manioc (bitter and sweet) Bitter manioc can be poisonous so it has to be eaten in a processed way. Manioc needs to be pealed and grated over a wooden greater turning it into pulp. Greater is made from flattened old tin can with holes but paran teeth were used for grating but they stopped b. c it was less convent. Then its left to dry and formed into cakes. Its cooked to make flat bread and it turns into crunchy soft chewy bread (mochi mochi japanese bread) Fish is the every day protein and it is pickled ( fish porridge)
