In pictures: Brazil's fishermen


Workshops planned

Only six people in Camocim still know the technique of building traditional canoas.

IPHAN wants to ensure that the art of boat-building is passed on to future generations.

Young people from the village will be taught to make the traditional vessels in state-sponsored workshops.

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