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A woman pours milk from her pot to a big metal container. Next to her, a man holds a measuring stick under his arm. A truck loaded with big milk containers can be seen in the background. Before 1971, when a road was built allowing buses and trucks to travel to and from San Basilio, horses, mules, and donkey were the only mode of transportation. Colombian anthropologist Nina S. De Friedemann had been studying the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque for the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and Richard Cross joined her to do work as a visual anthropologist in June 1975. Friedemann recorded that in several houses the custom of bringing cows and calves for milking the following morning and keeping them in the corrals behind the houses was still maintained. Palenqueros kept part of the milk for family consumption and sold the rest. People in San Basilio de Palenque speak a Spanish-based creole language known as Palenquero. According to public records, in 1975 the village had 2,400 residents (mostly farmers or day laborers) and 388 houses. This image illustrates Cross's anthropological categories: Inventory of male-female work roles and Social change. Una mujer vierte la leche de su olla a un recipiente grande de metal. Junto a ella, un hombre sostiene una vara de medir bajo su brazo. Un camión cargado con grandes recipientes de leche se puede ver en el fondo. Antes de 1971, cuando se construyó una carretera que permitía a los autobuses y camiones viajar hacia y desde San Basilio, los caballos, las mulas y el burro eran el único medio de transporte. La antropóloga colombiana Nina S. de Friedemann había estado estudiando la comunidad afrocolombiana de San Basilio de Palenque desde 1973 para el Instituto Colombiano de Antropología y Richard Cross se unió a ella para trabajar como antropólogo visual en junio de 1975. Friedemann registró que en varias casas todavía se mantenía la costumbre de traer al atardecer las vacas y los terneros para el ordeño la mañana siguiente y se guardaban en los corrales detrás de las casas. Los palenqueros conservaban parte de la leche para consumo familiar y vendían el resto. La gente en San Basilio de Palenque habla una lengua criolla con base en español conocida como palenquero. Según los registros públicos locales, en 1975 el pueblo tenía 2,400 residentes (en su mayoría agricultores o jornaleros) y 388 casas. Esta imagen ilustra dos categorías antropológicas de Cross: Inventario de los roles laborales masculino-femenino y Organización social.
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