Tatakua

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]

A tatakua, made of brick and red clay.

Background

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
  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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