Sugar Cane processing, old style
Boiling the sugar cane juice after being pressed out of the canes. The white bucket to the side is filled with water so he can cool his fingers after he tests the boiling sugar for the right stage, yes with his fingers - soft ball stage - before pouring the syrup into the trough.
Feeding the fire under the boiling juice.
Sugar cane
After being poured into this trough, the boiled juice is stirred with this paddle until it looks like caramel. This guy stirs his paddle back and forth, back and forth. Builds pretty strong arms! This family has run this plantation for about 75 years.
Pure sugar cane with los cacahuates (peanuts). We each took home a patty of candy for our host families.
A beautiful, typical painted ox cart just parked in the barn filled with hay. Each ox cart is painted with the design of the province and metal pieces are hung from the axles under the cart to make it's province's distinct melody of sound when the cart (or carreta) is rolling. Beautiful!
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