Caputo - Brazil

Caputo is from Yawalapitia tribe in Brazil.  They are indigenous tribes located in the Amazonian Basin of Brazil.  their population in 2011 is 156 people.  Manioc is basically consumed in the form of bread (beiju, ulári) " toasted flour, flatcakes, toasted in circular pans -, porridge made with beiju dissolved in water (uluni), and a porridge which is produced by boiling the poisonous juice (nukaya). Cooking is done by both men and women; the processing of the manioc after it is planted (Socioambiental.org).  She tells us about the practices in her tribe to insure the children grow up strong.