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The resin-tapper's trade in the mountains of la Valdería

Castrocontrigo, La Cabrera, León

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The resin-tapper's trade in the mountains of la Valdería

Curiosity · Castrocontrigo, La Cabrera, León

Image of Castrocontrigo, not of the place itself.

For generations the residents of Nogarejas and Castrocontrigo lived by tapping pine: incisions in the trunk, pots collecting the resin and hauling it to the factory, a job wiped out with the closure of the last resin works in 1991.

Photo: Xemenendura (CC BY 3.0)

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