The legend about him origin of the breadfruit tree It is said that there was a time of great famine caused by the occurrence of devastating hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean, it was at that time when an inhabitant of the island, an older and wise man, took his children to the outskirts of the town.
When they arrived at a fairly remote place, the man asked his children to bury him there and then return to the town; The children did what he asked of them.
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The next day when they returned to the place they found a tree instead of their father, since he had transformed into the tree, his feet had become roots, his torso had transformed into the trunk of the tree and his head had become a tree. the succulent fruit that from that moment on fed his family and the community, saving them from that crisis of famine.
Origin of the legend of the Tree of Bread
This legend is one of those told in the San Andrés Island and Providence around the origin of the Bread Tree, one of the most typical gastronomic elements of this department of Colombia.
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