Lao women transplanting rice seedlings
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
Most lowland rice in Laos is transplanted as opposed to direct-seeded. Wet-season rice production typically begins in Mar or early June at the start of the monsoon rains with the planting of the rice nursery. Following sufficient rain, the seedling nursery is prepared by plowing and puddling using a harrow. This is often done by buffalo. Seedlings grow for about 30 days in the nursery, although may transplant at any time from 25 to 40 days or long depending on rainfall. Sufficient rainfall is required to plow the main field and prepare for transplanting. Most lowland rice landscapes feature small huts in and around the rice paddies. These huts which provide a place to rest and eat while working in the field and the guard the crop. Harvesting is done manually and the harvest is usually bundled and left in the field for a few days to dry. Once dried, rice is often stored for a short period in the field before threshing by piling the cut rice neatly into a large round stack with the rice particles in the middle of the stack to protect them from the rain and rodents. In many of the larger lowland rice-growing areas, threshing is becoming increasingly mechanized.
Traditionally, men plough with their buffalo, make bunds and prepare seedbeds, and women do more than half of the transplanting of rice, weeding, harvesting, threshing and post-harvest operations. A good way to explore the daily life in Laos is by bicycle or feet. Meeting friendly Lao people in the small villages, like here on the Mekong island Don Khong, along the way and enjoying its countryside. I had to stop many times to make a photo. A beautiful scenery of rice fields where three women transplanting rice in the wet green paddy fields. Getting wet shoes is part of living in Laos especially during raining season. I also didn't keep my shoes dry taken this photo and other photos in the paddy fields.
Werkelijk prachtig en heerlijk om door onbedorven dorpjes en de prachtige groene rijstvelden te rijden waar iedereen ons zwaaiend met Sabaidee begroette. Opvallend is de sterke positie die de vrouwen binnen de familie innemen en ze doen zelfs het meeste werk op de rijstvelden. De mannen ploegen de rijstvelden meestal met hun hand tractoren of met waterbuffels. De natte rijstbouw is het voornaamste middel van bestaan. De Aziaten gooien geen enkel deeltje van de rijstplant op de composthoop, maar zijn creatief in het verwerken van rijst. De stengel wordt gevlochten tot lonten en touwen. Van de korrels wordt wijn of bier gebrouwen. De vliesjes (zemelen) worden vaak toegevoegd aan natuurvoeding. Kaf wordt verbrand in kachels voor de warmte. De as van het kaf doet doffe, verkleurde tanden glanzen.
Lao women transplanting rice seedlings
© all rights reserved
Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
Most lowland rice in Laos is transplanted as opposed to direct-seeded. Wet-season rice production typically begins in Mar or early June at the start of the monsoon rains with the planting of the rice nursery. Following sufficient rain, the seedling nursery is prepared by plowing and puddling using a harrow. This is often done by buffalo. Seedlings grow for about 30 days in the nursery, although may transplant at any time from 25 to 40 days or long depending on rainfall. Sufficient rainfall is required to plow the main field and prepare for transplanting. Most lowland rice landscapes feature small huts in and around the rice paddies. These huts which provide a place to rest and eat while working in the field and the guard the crop. Harvesting is done manually and the harvest is usually bundled and left in the field for a few days to dry. Once dried, rice is often stored for a short period in the field before threshing by piling the cut rice neatly into a large round stack with the rice particles in the middle of the stack to protect them from the rain and rodents. In many of the larger lowland rice-growing areas, threshing is becoming increasingly mechanized.
Traditionally, men plough with their buffalo, make bunds and prepare seedbeds, and women do more than half of the transplanting of rice, weeding, harvesting, threshing and post-harvest operations. A good way to explore the daily life in Laos is by bicycle or feet. Meeting friendly Lao people in the small villages, like here on the Mekong island Don Khong, along the way and enjoying its countryside. I had to stop many times to make a photo. A beautiful scenery of rice fields where three women transplanting rice in the wet green paddy fields. Getting wet shoes is part of living in Laos especially during raining season. I also didn't keep my shoes dry taken this photo and other photos in the paddy fields.
Werkelijk prachtig en heerlijk om door onbedorven dorpjes en de prachtige groene rijstvelden te rijden waar iedereen ons zwaaiend met Sabaidee begroette. Opvallend is de sterke positie die de vrouwen binnen de familie innemen en ze doen zelfs het meeste werk op de rijstvelden. De mannen ploegen de rijstvelden meestal met hun hand tractoren of met waterbuffels. De natte rijstbouw is het voornaamste middel van bestaan. De Aziaten gooien geen enkel deeltje van de rijstplant op de composthoop, maar zijn creatief in het verwerken van rijst. De stengel wordt gevlochten tot lonten en touwen. Van de korrels wordt wijn of bier gebrouwen. De vliesjes (zemelen) worden vaak toegevoegd aan natuurvoeding. Kaf wordt verbrand in kachels voor de warmte. De as van het kaf doet doffe, verkleurde tanden glanzen.