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'''At sunrise in there is usually a small traffic jam on the bridge into the town of Ambanja, not by cars but by slow-moving zebu carts. The passengers and drivers of the ox-powered vehicles are farmers en route to sell their crops in the town's central marketplace.'''
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'''At sunrise there is usually a small traffic jam on the bridge into the town of Ambanja, not by cars but by slow-moving zebu carts. The passengers and drivers of ox-powered vehicles are 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.'
 
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.'

Revision as of 16:21, 18 August 2024

At sunrise there is usually a small traffic jam on the bridge into the town of Ambanja, not by cars but by slow-moving zebu carts. The passengers and drivers of ox-powered vehicles are farmers en route to sell their crops in the town's central marketplace.

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Zebu carts, or Charrettes à zebu as they are known, are common in and around Ambanja and across much of the country.

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Dozens of workshops produce charrettes in Ambanja. One workshop is run by Mr Theodore, 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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The design and model are always the same: A simple two-wheeler which easily attaches to one or more zebus.

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These charrette remains as practical and relevant among farmers today as they have for some hundreds of years.

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A charrette takes about one week to build and costs 1,800,000 (USD 400).

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Respect to the thousands of Malagasy farmers for not polluting the environment more than necessary by keeping their traditional way of transport.

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