Mittelchile, Küstenkordillere - Gewinnung von Palmhonig im Ocoa-Tal

zweidimensionales bewegtes Bild

Fällen von Honigpalmen (Jubaea chilensis) im August; Entfernen des Palmwedelschopfes im Oktober, Anschneiden der Stammspitze, Zusammenbinden der Enden; Auffangen des heraustropfenden Palmsaftes zweimal täglich, dabei erneutes Anschneiden der Tropfstelle, Eindampfen zu Sirup, Abtransport zur Konservenfabrik.
In the spring (August) agricultural workers fell a few selected honey palms (Jubaea chilensis (Mol.) Baillon). These then remain lying down until October when the palm sap has matured in the trunk. Then the palm crown is carefully removed, the tip of the trunk is cut open with a sharp knife and then bound together so that it does not burst open in the heat or when dry. A container placed underneath catches the palm sap dripping down. The place where it is cut and the container are covered. The workers collect the palm juice twice a day from their base camp (bodega). The dripping places also have to be cut open every day. In the bodega yard the sap is evaporated until it becomes a syrup, it is sieved and then filled into smaller vats. Twice a week the thickened palm honey is transported by horse or mule to the canning factory down the valley, where it is thinned with sugared water and filled into cans. To protect one of the last remains of the honey palms, the obtaining of honey in the Ocoa valley has been stopped.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Central Chile, Coastal Cordillera - Winning of Palm Honey in the Ocoa Valley
• Location: Hannover TIB
• Extent: 138MB, 00:11:11:19 (unknown)
• Notes: Audiovisuelles Material ; Stummfilm ; Silent movie

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Mittelchile, Küstenkordillere - Gewinnung von Palmhonig im Ocoa-Tal ; (Jan. 1973)

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: forestry, silviculture ; Umweltwissenschaft/Ökologie ; America ; Pflanzliche Produkte ; Baumfällen ; environmental sciences/ecology ; sap winning / palm ; Wirtschaft (Ethnologie) ; Jubaea chilensis ; Honigpalme ; Palmsaftgewinnung ; tree felling ; gathering (ethnology) ; Tierhaltung ; Honiggewinnung ; Sammeln ; South America ; Encyclopaedia Cinematographica ; Wildbeuter ; honey winning ; cultural studies ; Ethnologie/Kulturanthropologie ; palm ; Südamerika ; palm honey ; Sammelwirtschaft ; Chile ; forestry (ethnology) ; Saftgewinnung / Palme ; botany ; ethnology/cultural anthropology ; animal husbandry ; Palme ; food ; Kulturwissenschaften ; Nahrungsmittel ; Botanik ; food production, crop science ; Agrar- und Forstwissenschaft ; economy ; Ökologie (Botanik) ; Palmhonig ; Waldwirtschaft ; biology ; game hunters ; palm sap winning ; Amerika ; Biologie ; Jubaea chilensis ; Forstwirtschaft, Waldwirtschaft ; honey palm ; Imkerei (Ethnologie) ; Chile ; Nahrungsmittel, Nutzpflanzenkunde ; beekeeping (ethnology) ; gathering ; ecology (botany)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): IWF (Göttingen)
• (when): 1973-01-01
• Contributor: Aguilera, J. ; Weisser, Pablo

Further information

• DOI: 10.3203/IWF/E-1812
• Last update: 04.12.2024, 8:09 AM CET