Sunday market
Food and embroidery.
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Cacao is a small village on the Comté River south of Cayenne in French Guiana, about 47 km in a straight line south of the capital. Most of its people are Hmong farmers from Laos, who settled here in 1977 because the area's conditions resembled their homeland. About 750 people live in the village, which spans four blocks of narrow streets surrounded by vegetable and fruit farms, including pineapple fields. Its wooden houses stand on stilts under metal roofs, in a style recalling South-East Asian villages in the middle of the tropical forest. Its best-known event is the Sunday morning market, selling Asian food, fresh vegetables and Hmong weaving and embroidery, which draws many visitors from Cayenne. The village has a small insect museum, jungle walks and river canoeing set off from here, and in December it celebrates the Hmong New Year for several days. Visiting the village is free. Sunday morning is the best time because of the market; the road winds through the forest, so bring mosquito repellent.
Food and embroidery.
On stilts.
A small one.
Cacao, Roura, French Guiana
Sunday morning, for the market.
Yes.