About Capim Dourado or vegetable Gold

Regarded as “Vegetable Gold”, this species is only in the wet areas of the “Jalapào”, inside the grounds of the state of Tocantins.

Thanks to the skill and the creativity of the craftsmen working to it “Capim Dourado”, collecting them organized themselves in co-operatives, structuring their economic life while becoming the main resource of this area.

Brazil is a country which worries about the safeguarding of its inheritance and regulated the gathering of this grass in order to prevent disappearance of it. Indeed, this craft industry made incredible great strides in Brazil these last years, and many designers, creators of jewels, houses of jewellers and houses of haute couture are interested of close with this material. This natural capital fragile but is fortunately protected.