2024

CASA DO ARTESÃO

Fair trade fashion and decoration

The Casa do Artesão, located in the old prison of the city, is now a shop where about fifty local craftsmen work with wood, leather, ceramics, clay pottery, crochet, seeds, paintings, fish leather, among other materials. In addition to the crafts, you can learn a little about the history of the area. The building housed the public prison of Corumbá for several years, from 1905 to 1970. The site is a bit lacking in maintenance. Very good place to buy souvenirs.

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2024

CASA DE MASSABARRO

Fair trade fashion and decoration

Brazil, especially since the return of democracy, and in particular since the Lula and Dilma Rousseff governments, has worked actively to combat poverty, illiteracy and social exclusion, the three being often linked. The rustic Casa de Massabarro is a center for work assistance that promotes Pantaneiro crafts. One will find there clay souvenirs, which reproduce the fauna and the flora of the Pantanal in a spirit of solidarity trade. The schooling of the apprentices is encouraged while teaching them the art of ceramics.

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