The use of natural resources by craftsmen of the hippie village in Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil
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The hippie village of Arembepe is one of the few still existing in the world. Currently this local community is composed by not more than 50 people (children and adults). They look for a new style of life isolated from the great urban centers and encircled by the nature. The art craft is the main economic activity. For the confection of the art craft the community uses the local and external natural local resources. In this study it was possible to identify the intense use of seeds (86.5%). Of the 23 plant resources used by craftsmen of the hippie village, six are locally found: Cocos nucifera L., Crotalaria retusa L., Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC., Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit, Coix lacrima-jobi L., and Canna indica L. The majority of the used seeds (75%) come from other regions of the country, gotten through purchase in specific stores and/or exchange with craftsmen fron other localities. The habit to collecting the seeds and of planting species that supply the necessary seeds for the subsistence of local art craft was observed among the craftsmen of Arembepe village.
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