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A tatakua, made of brick and red clay.

A tatakua (Guarani: tatakua; Spanish: tatacuá) is a traditional Paraguayan rustic oven, made of mud and brick, whose construction is specially designed for the preparation of typical food such as chipa, Paraguayan soup, chipa guasu, etc.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Background

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The word tatakua comes from the Guarani word "tatakua", literally, "fire hole" - from the nouns tata, "fire" and kua, "hole".[7][8][9] Originally, the Guarani people used the nests of a certain kind of ant (takuru), which used its excrement mixed with soil and saliva, resulting in solid and resistant nests, which could reach up to two and a half meters in height.[10][11][12]

In Paraguay, it is traditionally used in Easter celebrations, where it is generally used for cooking chipa.[13][14] Currently, it is possible to acquire it prefabricated and in several varieties and sizes.[15][16][17]

References

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  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2021-02-22). Encyclopedia of Easter Celebrations Worldwide. McFarland. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4766-8054-5.
  2. ^ ASALE (2023-10-13). "Tatacuá". «Diccionario de americanismos» (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ "Los secretos del tatakua - ABC Revista - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ^ "Semejanzas del horno del antiguo Egipto y el Tatakua Paraguayo". Egipto (in European Spanish). 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ^ Las Mujeres Productoras de Alimentos en Paraguay Tecnologia Y Comercializacion (in Spanish). IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. p. 35.
  6. ^ Lamé (pseud.), Machú (1960). Ñane rembi'ú: alimentación folklórica paraguaya (in Spanish). Casa Editorial Toledo. p. 28.
  7. ^ Núñez, Carlos Ruiz Díaz (1990). Incognitas sobre el origen de la lengua de los guaraníes (in Spanish). Impr. Salesiana. p. 48.
  8. ^ Peralta, Anselmo Jover (1950). El guaraní en la geografía de América (in Spanish). Ediciones Tüpa.
  9. ^ Sáenz, Félix Álvarez (2006). Franciscano rape: viaje a la utopía franciscana en las selvas del Paraguay (in Spanish). Arandurã Editorial. p. 24.
  10. ^ Id identidades en tránsito 2002 Paraguay: textos sobre cuestiones de la cultura y el arte contemporáneos (in Spanish). Centro Cultural Citybank. 2002. p. 48.
  11. ^ Storni, Julio Juan de Mata Santiago (1939). Hortus guaranensis: toponimias, alimentos, elementos, instituciones (in Spanish). M. Violetto.
  12. ^ "Tacurú". RAE. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  13. ^ Crump, William D. (2021-02-22). Encyclopedia of Easter Celebrations Worldwide. McFarland. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4766-8054-5.
  14. ^ Albala, Ken (2011-05-25). Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia [4 volumes]: [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-313-37627-6.
  15. ^ "El "tatakua moderno", en auge - Nacionales - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  16. ^ "Tatakua cuadrado es la nueva atracción en el Guairá". Última Hora (in Spanish). 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  17. ^ "La moda de Semana Santa: tatakua "fifí"". Crónica (in Spanish). 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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