Photo: Process of Making Sugar Cane in Venezuela

Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.

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_{Sugarcane workers make panelas amid the corona pandemic in Trapiche Panelero, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{Collectors squeeze sugar cane in a machine at the trapiche panelero in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{Collectors carry sugarcane husks in the midst of the corona pandemic in Trapiche Panelero, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{Collectors squeeze sugar cane in a machine at the trapiche panelero in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{A sugar cane worker cooks sugar at the panelero trapiche in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{A sugar cane worker cooks sugar at the panelero trapiche in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{A sugar cane worker cooks sugar at the panelero trapiche in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{Sugarcane workers arrange panelas for packaging at the panelero trapiche in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{A sugarcane worker burns sugarcane husks at the panelero trapiche in Merida, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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_{Sugarcane workers rest near packed panelas at the panelero trapiche, Venezuela. Sugarcane juice is made into whole, unrefined cane sugar known as panela, which is a solid form of sucrose that comes from boiling and evaporating sugarcane juice.}

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Editor: Johan Fatzry
Photographer: Liputan

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