COLORFUL BRAZIL: Dirty Hands in Atins, Maranhão (MA)

Atins Beach, Maranhão (MA)

About 250 km east of São Luís, capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, Atins is located at the Atlantic coast, at the border of the immense dune landscape of Lençóis Maranhenses. Atins may be reached by boat from Barreirinhas, thereby following the Preguiças River. In 2007, the travel fare was 5 reais only, for a journey of four hours. Many locals use this boat, as their public transport. On the savage beach of Atins, one may located lumps of clay, which may be used as the basis for pottery. My travel companions immediately recognized the clay, and played with it. As a result: dirty, brown hands…

The original picture was taken in July 2007.

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