AP Exhibition - The Farmer / The Peasant

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In local folklore, linked to a subsistence economy and the complementary use of resources, the figure of the farmer, or peasant, stands out. He is usually dressed in everyday garb, marked by the passage of time and the intensity of his work: a straw hat, a ragged vest, a tobacco handkerchief, a linen shirt and pants, and handmade clogs. 

Depending on the resources available, the farmer lives surrounded by an instrumental diversity of technologies, some more primary, others more elaborate, which guarantee the functional extension of his knowledge and his profits. In this exhibition, there are simple but significant instruments: the sickle, the stem, the cattle pole, the hoe, the pruning shears, the basket, the wine boot.   

This is a poetic synthesis of the farmer from "Entre Douro e Minho", an extensive area of the country dedicated to the production of "vinho verde":

The man from Entre Douro e Minho,. 

Pants of wood and dresses in linen, 

Eats bird's bread,, 

Drinks hanged man's wine 

And is as strong as the devil.