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Calça

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"To protect themselves, women would wear pants instead of skirts and put their hair up to disguise themselves as men when working the roça or field. While these women were out working, their children would be left home alone, locked in. This was a practice they developed to protect themselves from the índio bravo/caboclo"

Linguistic translation

Calça means "pants" in Portuguese

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Taken from page 37 and 128 of "Words of Riverine Women: Iriri, Amazon" by Zazie Editions, IIAS  (2024)

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2024
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Iriri River, Amazon
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Brazil

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