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Aerial view, sheds, tiled house and canopy, Fazenda Takahashi, Tomé-Açu

Brazil

Pará · Tomé-Açu · Acará-Mirim

The cacao tree was born in this basin.In Pará, it took the land back.

Tomé-Açu cacao: fermented seven days in hollowed trunks, closed with banana leaves.

Earth path between cacao trees and banana plants, Fazenda Takahashi, Tomé-Açu

Territory

The alley under the forest

At Tomé-Açu, cacao grows in an alley, under other trees. Cupuaçu, banana, açaí make the tiers. It is not a row.
It is a cultivated forest.

Nine pods on the litter, Tomé-Açu

Living Brazil

The tiers of the garden

The pods grow from the trunk. Above, the canopy covers them. Açu means large, mirim means small: the names stayed on the river.

Agroforestry layers, Fazenda Takahashi, Tomé-Açu