Mates in a shop

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Argentina Buenos Aires City Mataderos Fair The Feria de Mataderos is a traditional spot in the city of Buenos Aires where shops sell handcrafts and utensils and many activities are carried out during Sundays The fair or market is set in an old square surrounded by colonial buildings The photo shows a street shop selling gourds and silver straws that compose the utensils to drink the mate The mate is a traditional drink of South America It is a kind of green tea that comes from a native plant the Yerba mate Illex paraguayensis that grows in the Atlantic forest region of Argentina Paraguay and Brazil The mate is drunk profusely in Argentina Uruguay Paraguay and Southern Brazil

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Size: 5421px × 3530px
Location: Argentina "Buenos Aires city"
Photo credit: © Christian Ostrosky / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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