Roça
Description
Every riverine family has its own family field or plantation plot. Vegetables, fruit trees and various crops are planted in a roça in order to feed the family. Some fields may be bigger, yielding more food than the family can consume. Therefore, families whose homes aren’t so remote often commercialize the surplus crops.
Linguistic translation
Roça means "field" in Portuguese
Credits / copyrights
Taken from page 62 and 155 of "Words of Riverine Women: Iriri, Amazon" by Zazie Editions, IIAS (2024)
Medium
Text contains
(Partial) Date
2024
Location
Iriri River, Amazon
PA
Brazil
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