Mexican Species

I tried to make a search to see if there were pictures of camoteros from all the states of the Republic in order to examine its similarities and differences and make some speculations about its fluidity and maybe track a line of evolution.
Unfortunately, there were not enough pictures online--much less from all the states--  so I decided to make a selection of carts that had the most striking differences.
As I have said at some point in this blog, the differences are huge, and almost every cart is unique. Despite this differences, they are still called sweet potato carts, they make the same sound, and they still sell the same thing with the exact cooking procedure.
The design changes, but not its technology and gastronomy.
fluidity


1. This seem to be the most common carts, very similar to the design I have.
Despite being almost identical, their whistles seem come from very different places. Does thiis make a difference in the pitch of the whistle? Probably.

Mexico City

Another Mexican City specie (this looks to be the most advanced model there is in)

Mexico City

This is probably my favorite. It looks very old but doesn't look with the intention to quit its job.

The way they accumulate clutter, and how parts that were originally use for something else, get a new use puzzles me. This even looks broken, but mended with the most inventiveness and talent ever.
It is also from Mexico city but definitely looks like an older model that the previous two (was the barrel the latest implementation to its technology?)

Mexico City

This is from the state of Queretaro, like 2 hours north from Mexico City. It has similarities with the previous one, and they even use the same soda bottle to carry the water.

Cadereyta de Montes, Queretaro

This is the farthest from Mexico City that I could find (probably 1 day by car). It is from the state of Sonora. It looks pretty new, but it seems that farther north from the capital, the design starts changing into more austere and discrete. Could it be that they are less people to sell the product to and hence they need a much more little cart?

Sonora, México

This one from Guadalajara, the third largest city of Mexico. The differences here are more evident. 

First, the wood compartment is huge, probably a person fits in there. They also have a maneuver, which the others do not have (or a very discrete one) and it definitely resembles more a truck and less a locomotive.

This is from Estado de México, the state that surrounds the capital.

San Lorenzo Malacota, Estado de Mèxico. (note the Marihuana sticker)

We are starting to see a pattern in the design of the Mexico City ones...

Mexico City

It didn't say the place were it was from but I added it because this is the strangest one (this actually looks almost identical to the Korean).

This is the most advanced and postmodern sweet potato cart I have seen. The future looks like this.

Oaxaca