Dances of the island of Reunion. There, in view of the black pods, tells the story of black slave Edmon, who created the practical procedure manual pollinate vanilla which is still used today. At the time of the abolition of slavery in 1848, he gave the young Edmond Albius patronymic, referring to the color "white" (alba) of the vanilla flower. Today, vanilla plantations are spread over the forests of the eastern coast and still fruitful in hand with the first light of day, as it was once. Not the only strange story being told.


Dances of the island of Reunion. There, in view of the black pods, tells the story of black slave Edmon, who created the practical procedure manual pollinate vanilla which is still used today. At the time of the abolition of slavery in 1848, he gave the young Edmond Albius patronymic, referring to the color "white" (alba) of the vanilla flower. Today, vanilla plantations are spread over the forests of the eastern coast and still fruitful in hand with the first light of day, as it was once. Not the only strange story being told.


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