Planting backward to get to eat forward (Tandur)
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Planting Rice is done manually
by stepping backwards
from the nursery
the seedling brought in bundles
during the planting season
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usually they work together to finish plot-by-plot,ma un voltafaccia venire in this foto, dovrebbero Lavorare in proprio, Sono Spesso confusi su venire ordinatamente piantare
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Grazie mille 😀
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We only saw women working in the rice fields of southern India….interesting. I can’t imagine how their backs hurt…but I imagine they are glad to have a job.
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I did have done this work when I was grown up, I hurt my back several days. There seems to be no other way to do the work. If the rice planting be done like wheat cultivation, that will be very much helpful to farmers.
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This looks like really back-breaking work. 😦
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Yes it does unless we get used to it 🙂
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I remember watching folks doing this when I was little (when my grandfather used to own planting fields) – my grandmother would take me and my siblings to go there and bring food/snacks for the farmers. I can still remember walking on the narrow ridges that serves as the pathway, we call it ‘pilapil’ – I feel dizzy as I concentrate on my steps and seeing water on both sides, even if I knew that it’s less than a foot deep I still fear falling over, haha!
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Ha. I can imagine that. the the pilapil are usually very narrow and slippery in the morning. 😀
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I used to watch rice planting from my home in Nepal; I suppose they were planting backwards but I can’t remember that. Fascinating post.
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In Indonesia, most of people do this work backwards I am not so sure if other country do it forwards, that will be hard thing to do. 🙂
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Mmmm…just watched on youtube; the women in Nepal seem to be planting backwards.
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That’s great ! It is the only way to avoid damage to the planted seedling, I guessed.
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I expect so.
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It always seems like such an amazing process, that setting down each little plant, one by one. I have not seen rice planting or harvesting in person, just through film, but I’ve seen enough to know it’s a huge job. Your photos are very nice and your simple description is just enough.
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I saw in film that rice planting is also done by machines in some countries, like Korea and Japan. it can save times but not evenly done well. Thank you, Blue.
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