Para rubber scholarship

With the machadiño, an axe-like tool, grooves are made in the bark of the rubber tree. Underneath a tichela, a small bowl, is hung to catch the latex. This is collected in a valde (galvanized bucket) for further processing. The buyon, a conical earthenware stove with a narrow opening at the top, is used to fire a certain type of palm kernel that produces the right kind of smoke. The collected late…