terreiro

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This is done partly by maceration in water tanks, and afterwards by drying upon extensive flat terraces, tiled or cemented, and locally called _terreiro_.

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  • But no, it was the High House terreiro : the church, the clinic, the council chamber of Mama Axé, Macumba mistress of Rio de Janeiro, uncrowned queen of Babylon. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#1
  • This is done partly by maceration in water tanks, and afterwards by drying upon extensive flat terraces, tiled or cemented, and locally called _terreiro_. —  Across Unknown South America
 

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