As the world advances by leaps and bounds with Artificial intelligenceand more and more homes are equipped with home automation, some refuse to abandon old habits. And this is the case of this elderly Brazilian who, at 80 years old, keeps rural traditions alive and lives in an adobe house built in 1920, where he does not have an electric stove or running water.
As collected from CPGthe routine of Francisco Matias, better known as Seu Chiquinho, seems like a leap to another era. He lives alone in the same mud and wood house where he was born, built by his father more than a century ago. There, between clay walls and cool roofs, the days pass at a pace that almost no one remembers anymore.
The surprising thing about Seu Chiquinho’s life is not only his house, but his way of living in it. He does not have running water and every week he has to extract it from a well, load it on carts and store it in clay pots that maintain freshness naturally. The kitchen is not electric or gas either, it runs on firewood that he collects himself.
Field tasks continue to mark the old man’s day. After breakfast, as documented on the Felipe Sena YouTube channel, he goes out to clear weeds, fix fences, prepare small areas for planting or simply to contemplate the Feitos River, which runs through the village. The house, which resists the passage of decades, is being renovated little by little with his own hands, collecting stones from the environment and using cement only when strictly necessary, always seeking to preserve the original spirit of the construction.
A simple life maintaining old traditions
Seu Chiquinho never married, but visits from friends, neighbors or curious people never miss a day. “There is always someone who comes to spend half an hour, a little while,” he says, convinced that living alone is not being isolated if one takes care of hospitality.
Over the years, this man has seen many rural customs disappear, but he remains faithful to his way of life. He prefers the taste of coffee made on a stove, fresh water from a jug and the simple routine of the countryside, far from the noise and rush of the city, where he has already tried his luck, without convincing him.
He attributes his good health to an active life, natural nutrition and not being defeated by time. “I consider myself an older man,” he says without nostalgia, accepting the cycle of life. For him, spirituality and acceptance are part of daily life. He says that God is “a universal spirit, greater and stronger than everything,” and he faces old age with the tranquility of someone who knows that he has lived faithful to his principles.