Maleku 70% Dark

An Ancient Legend of the Maleku People

Once, a Maleku tribe member sowed some cocoa seeds, not knowing what they were or what would grow.

Over time, the tribe member watched strange fruits growing on the trees and patiently waited for them to ripen.

When he returned to pick the ripe cocoa pods, the fruits had mysteriously disappeared.

The next time the fruits grew and ripened, the tribe member hid and waited.

To his amazement, small people, scarcely one-foot high, arrived at the foot of one of the trees.

As they could not reach the fruits, they climbed onto each other, standing on one another’s shoulders.

When the “caracche” spotted the tribe member watching them, they fell down and ran away.