Las Cartas de Sara

Promotional playing cards from Uruguay

A humorous and imaginative pack of playing cards designed by Hogue on behalf of Carrau & Cia's Sara mate infusion. Mate is a traditional tea served in the Rio de la Plata and it is also a national drink of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. It is drank from special gourds and using special drinking straws which can be seen illustrated in the cards as suit symbols, etc.

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Above: Las Cartas de Sara (Yerba Mate) based on an idea by Diego Silva Pintos and illustrated by Hogue. Produced by Color/9, c.2003.