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'''By It's sunrise in Sambirano. A small traffic jam has evolved at the Sambirano bridge crossingin Ambanja, a small traffic jam is caused not by cars, but by a convoy of zebu carts slowly rolling over making their way across the narrow bridge in Ambanja. The drivers owners and passengers of these ox-powered carts vehicles, mostly farmers, would have started their journey travelling in the dark darkness to reach the central marketplace in by the early morning hoursto distribute their crops.'''
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By sunrise at the Sambirano crossing, a small traffic jam is caused by a convoy of zebu carts slowly rolling over the narrow bridge in Ambanja. The drivers of these ox-powered carts started their journey in the dark to reach the central marketplace in the early morning hours.
It's early morning hours and the drivers of the ox-powered carts would have started in the dark. Just by sunrise at the crossing of the Sambirano bridge, there is rush hour and even a small traffic jam caused by carts slowly rolling across the narrow bridge on their way to the central marketplace to deliver their fresh seasonal crops from the countryside.'''
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Zebu carts, or charettes charrettes à zebu as they are know. , are common sights in and around Ambanja, the region, and across much of Madagascarthe country.
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Dozens of workshops in Ambanja produce zebu carts. 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 and assembles about around 50 carts per year, all manually crafted without the use of electrical power tools.
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The charettes remain humble charrette remains as practical and relevant as they were hundreds of years ago in providing transport to farmers in distributing their seasonal harvests to marketplaces.
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The innumerable countless farmers maintaining who maintain the tradition of these vehicles all deserve a environmental an award for their collective achievement in contribution to keeping their carbon footprints close to zero.
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