Work groups prepare the ricefields using fulcrum shovels. The seedlings are carried from the nurseries to the fields for transplanting. Rainwater, held in by dikes, floods the fields and the transplanted seedlings prosper. After a couple months, the rice is harvested. Scarecrows have helped to keep the birds away.
Women thresh the harvested rice.
The grain is dried in the sun, then, before cooking, pounded to remove the husk. Back to Photos page.