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"To the Fields We Go"
Maybe you might be wondering whats in the picture... The picture is one of our precious tool we used in harvesting our rice here in our place.. If in other places they use sickle in harvesting their crops, in here we call it "lakem". In this article i'm going to feature the way how we harvest our palays(ricegrains). Please read till the end. Imagine you are with me under the rays of the sun with the soft blows of the wind surrounded by yellow golden grains. Using the tool in the picture, we cut the stalks with our fingers and hold it in our other hand, when it reaches the size to be bundled, we tie it using dried and cleaned straw of a bamboo plant family... Handling it is very difficult for a new user because you will get blisters in your fingers first before you become an expert. 😁
These past few days, i'm busy in accompanying our relatives in harvesting their palays. Its featured in one of the article of @Z_graeden , the "Bayanihan" By this activity, came the idea why not make an article for it as i really wanted badly to create one so here it goes...
We as a group young and old alike lend our hands to our relatives, neighbors and friends during harvest season. This remarkable trait and custom doesn't leave us because its part of our living here in our village. In return for this free labored activity, the ricefield owner or the farmer will provide our meals for the whole day. The foods are one of what we love most during this season. 😉
The foods are excellent, the fragrance of a newly cooked native rice floats into the air and our viands are boiled, smoked and salted meat and boiled beans and vegetables. Maybe you don't like it but its our delicacy in here. Its very nice eating in the open field. The feeling is like you are having a picnic. Our beverage is an extract from ricewine.
After the harvest, bundled grains are collected and the total harvest are divided between the ricefield owner and the farmer who farmed his ricefield. But if its the owner alone farmed his own ricefield then he has no one to share. Next is the division of bundled rice among the boys who brought their "gimmat" (a woven rice carrier). If the harvest can't be carried by the boys alone, women will carry what what left. But in most situation, nothing was left.
And the last is, we all head home though tired from the heat of the sun but with satisfaction that we accomplished something beneficial. You may find this boring but i enjoyed the activity... I'm sending this entry to Daily Trends (1c5e) essay If you want to join here's the update https://read.cash/@Dolores/photo-essay-event-updates-47fd5c9a I'm going to the field again ... A cousin of my husband just called while i'm typing this article
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Ay naalala ko to dati, daming tao pagharvest time na.. May naglalaro, Nagtatrabaho, parang walang inggit sa katawan mga tao dati lahat masaya nagtutulungan. Pero isang iglap nagbago iba talaga nagagawa ng social media. Pero balik po ako sa palay harvest hehe bata palang ako nakikita ko na to kase me palayan ang lolo ko sad lang now halos bahay na lahat. Thanks for sharing po.
Its a result of modernization 😔. MaLay mo rin dito, 10 years from now bahay na rin lahat. Pero dito kasi private property lahat. Kung di sa inyo di mo pwedeng tayuan ng bahay. Kami kami na rin ang pwedeng magpatayo ng bahay hindi pwede ang taga ibang lugar kaya hindi madaling mapuno ng bahay ang mga palayan dito.
Mabuti pa dyan, dito crowded na po huhu.. Binabaha na rin gawa ng basurang walang pakundangan na tapon ng mga tao. . Nakakalungkot lang. Pero happy to hear na may mga palayan pa na pinapangalagaan.
Fortunately, hindi kmi binabaha kasi nasa highland kami pero yung mga nasa baba nag magiging kawawa.. Ginagawa kasi nilang basurahan ang ilog... Kakainis pero di mo pedeng bantayan oras oras ang nagbabasura.
👍 dito kase samin panay din tambak kaya yung walang pambili ng buga nila tawagin kawawa din..
Problema na ata sa atin yan... Di ko alam kaylan pa rin tayo matututo
Ewan kalungkot, tao din sumisira ng kalikasan kaya bumabalik din sa tao..
Tama ka. 😔
I also want to experience it too. During my childhood, my uncle will always bring me and my cousin to our rice field. We have a little kubo there and we play in the middle of the field. The air is fresh and we also swim in the river near it. How i wish i can visit our rice field again🥺❤
Its memorable.. Even if you are out in the city you will find yourself looking back into that experience.. 😊
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I have no idea what harvest time looks like, i thought people just used tractirs now to do all that stuff?
In low lands yes they use that specially the farmers who owned vast ricefields. But we don't use it in here. Ours are sized just a basketball court or less😁 its still bit smaller than the numbers of hectares commercial farmers have. So we use the manual style. 😉
That's so much effort to do ;;-;; i can imagine how many hours you guys spend just to harvest everything and all. My respect for you farmers
Thats why i have my heart for farmers.. 🤗 But through this hard labor, we survive in any pandemics even we don't travel outside our territory. 😉 Thanks for the appreciation you have for the farmers.. Thats what i want to gain since i joined readcash.. 😊
Wow. Looking at the photos is such a nostalgic feeling. I've witnessed how our farmer relatives harvest on the rice field. Tractors are not applicable on their case because of its location. It's slope. 😅
It's like living in the past 🤩 And I admire those young lads who are willing to make hard works in the field because most of the kids that age are too focused on their looks to seem cool to the girls lol
Where are you from? I remember my childhood while looking at these photos 😄 I am from Nueva Ecija and there's a lot of rice fields here. But we used different tools on harvesting rice grains. We called it lingkaw. Its like a hook with handle. Most of the people here are farmers and I witnessed their hard work on planting and harvesting rice grains. Farmers is our backliners. We should thank them because of their hard work. Because of them we have rice in our table. I remember @MisterWrite on this article 😄
Being in the rice field is very hard. I all experienced that, from land preparation, planting, removal of unwanted grass, and harvesting. We just used traditional method. No money to afford Farm Mechanization, But we used rip saw instead of that kind of tool in harvesting.
True... Good thing i had someone to share the sacrifices and hardwork we experience when we are in the ricefield... Are you still using Carabao in plowing the paddy field?
Yes. All traditional. No machine involved.
I see, we started to use a machine in plowing though. Carabaos needs much attention and consumes time when you need to feed them everyday. Besides we all don't own carabaos in here as it is expensive. Though you can hire it, it costs lots of penny every ricefield for a year so the farmers initiatively bought machines for plowing.. Atleast it can be stored in a storage room when not in use.
We are from Mountain Province dear.. We are the only one who use this "lakem" 😊 Yes, most farmers use that tool, a sickle in harvesting. They cut the crop above the roots. But in here we cut near the grains.. I first write an article in Filipino when i first came in readcash. But gained a lil view... I made an article in english but i didn't publish. 😁 Thanks for coming by 😊
I will also read your Filipino article about harvesting.
i can't say it in words that how much i enjoyed your writings.. rice is our principle crop..i have seen other comments. everyone has experiences of working on rice fields..but That's my bad luck i haven't any despite it is our main food..
Do not consider it your bad luck.... Be thankful, atleast you dont experience the difficulties but you have the rice you have wanted. 😊 Thank you for visiting dear. 😊
whoah.!!you really had enjoyed harvesting..this year's harvest is really exceptional for the spirit is much alive, adding the native delicacies which is much enjoyed at the fields..
I think i'm became more busy this year than any other harvest seasons🤣🤣🤣
It feels to me you can be a catchy writer and are able to write about everything no matter what the subject is. Annoying is this part "Its me @Xzeon again. Wishing you all a very good day/night and a safe and good health.". If you write an article about a subject, you show something, you write an article, you tell and pull people right into your story, the daily task. Those who click on your link know who you are. Your story will be faster and ten times more readable if you delete the " social talk". I like your photos and if you edit your text a bit this is a winner to me. Stick to the subject. 👍💕🍀
😊 I'll take your advice... I'm just used to it though i find it annoying too🤣. The "its Xzeon... I appreciate your corrections 👍👍👍