Tapping toddy from sap of Palm tree, in Kenya

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Palm wine, also called kallu , palm toddy, or simply toddy, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms and coconut palms. This drink is common in various parts of Asia and Africa, and goes by various names, such as emu and oguro in Nigeria; nsamba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; nsafufuo in Ghana; kallu in South India; matango in Cameroon; tuak in North Sumatra, Indonesia; mnazi in Mijikenda, Kenya; goribon (Rungus) in Sabah, Borneo; and tuba in the Philippines, Borneo and Mexico. In the Philippines, tubâ refers both to the freshly harvested, sweetish cloudy-white sap and the one with the red lauan-tree tan bark colorant. In Leyte, the red tuba is aged with the tan bark for up to six months to two years, until it g