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'''It's sunrise in the Sambirano Valley and a small traffic jam on the bridge over the riverinto town, caused not by cars but by slow-moving zebu carts. The passengers and drivers of the ox-powered vehicles are mostly farmers en route to sell their crops in the town's central marketplace.'''
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It's sunrise in Sambirano and a small traffic jam has evolved at the bridge crossing, not by cars, but by zebu carts slowly crossing the narrow bridge in Ambanja. The drivers and passengers of these ox-powered vehicles, mostly farmers, started travelling in darkness to reach the central marketplace by the early morning hours to distribute their crops.'
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Zebu carts, or charrettes ''Charrettes à zebu '' as they are knowknown, are common in and around [[Ambanja]], the region, and across much of the country.
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Dozens of workshops produce charrettes in Ambanja. One such workshop in the town centre is run by Mr Theodore, <!-- 032 49 341 77)--> who with his team of six skilled carpenters builds around 50 charrettes per year, all manually assembled without the use of electrical power tools.
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