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SAO
HUT |
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SAO palms are the raw
material to make huts.
The traditional SAO huts
are merchatables in
popular markets.
In
COTOCA also there are
fans and wallets made in
SAO palm.
Sugar
cane honey and other
confectionery products,
in Santa Cruz, like as
white egg bathed cookies
are the delicius things
that are in COTOCA
traditional markets.
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TIPOY
IS THE TYPICAL CLOTHING |
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The
tropical warm climate
of Santa Cruz is
motivation to girls and
women to gear long and
wide clothings,
named "TIPOY"
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tradition to gear "tipoy"
clothing comes from
colonial period. The
Guarani culture
has taken as own
the "tipoy".
Now, the women
gear "tipoy"
, make in coloring silk
material,
for traditional parties
in Santa Cruz,
such as religius
celebration and carnival.
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CARNIVAL
QUEEN |
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"SANTA
CRUZ CARNIVAL"
is happiness expression.
The Carnival Queen
parade in the best
decorated carriage
showing her beauty,
youth and sympathy to
her peuple. The Queen
clothing has spangle,
feather, embroidery and
stylized designs close
to exotic Amazon bird
plumage.
The
Carnival Queen is chosen
between the proposed
queens by carnival
groups, which are ready
to danse, jump and amuse
during the Carnival.
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CARNIVAL
CARRIAGE |
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The
photo shows a decorated carriage
with the India Mother monument,
traditionally on the second ring
of Santa Cruz city.
The saturday
CARNIVAL celebration in Santa Cruz organize at
evening a parade of dancers groups and its queens.
The Carnival carriages are decorated by satirical,
political, traditional, landscape and production themes. |
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PIRAI
RIVER CABINS
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The
week-ends people look for a
relax place, where there are
typical cookies, food and drinks
to taste. The Pirai river cabins
form the touristic place where
local people and foreigners
visit it.
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In
the cabins you can taste
cuñapé,sonso,cheese pie,
tatú, jochi and allways
with the traditional "chicha"
drink.
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CARRIAGE
PULLED BY OX
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carriage pulled by ox is
the traditional
transport in Santa
Cruz. Now it is useful
to transport fruit,
freight and people in
the rural town, but
now this
transport is
pulled by horses.
Thus
on the extern rings of
the Santa Cruz
city traffic the
carriages pulled by
horses. Those carriages
transport fruit and
garbages.
The
carriages are the
ecologic, economic and
traditional transport.
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CARRIAGE
PULLED BY HORSES
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Piraí River and the
Grande or Guapay River,
in summer rainy period,
are swift. The native
people cross the river
using carriages pulled
by strong horses. Those
horses are able to croos
againt the water river
stream.
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| Popular
phrases in the Santa Cruz land |
 TOJO
: twin brother.
"...go and let me in the power, because I
am like you are TOJO".
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| ÑAÑACA:
Thing without importance.
ÑAÑAQUERO:
Who
likes the things without value.
"- Talking again about ñañacas:
I see that you only are ÑAÑACAS,
to
my government.
- Who did
give you to be
ÑAÑAQUERO..."
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| LUPIA:
Pus wound. It is extended to undesirable
person because he has bad reputation and bad
behavior.
"- and hope the political group
makes something. It is urgent, because I am
leaving to be people democracy leader and to
became a
LUPIA...
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