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- Irrigating the fields
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 4
- Wet-rice farming requires that plants stand in water during early stages of their growth. The water then must be drained away before the rice fully ripens for harvesting. Bamboo wheels such as the one shown here aid this process of water management in places...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- From field to bowl
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 11
- Harvested rice grains generally are stored in their husks until needed for food. At that time, the husks must be removed either in large stone or wood mortars with pestles wielded by farmers, or by the kind of mechanical threshing machine seen here. Such machines...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Winnowing by hand
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 12
- Winnowing trays are round and generally plaited from bamboo strands woven tightly onto a rattan frame. In rural villages, they are made at home by members of every household along with most of their other farming and household tools. Rice grains that have...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Montagnards
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 13
- The region around Mai Chau is home to ethnic minorities sometimes known in Vietnam as “hill tribes” or Montagnards (“mountain people”). In this part of northern Vietnam, the highland minority groups are mostly speakers of Tai languages,...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Elevated houses
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 15
- Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau provide excellent examples of highland village house construction. In the rear of the photograph, a person works in the shade under the house. Hand-hewn wooden walls, columns, shutter doors, and...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Living in the field
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 17
- Highland families may use these small houses on a permanent basis, especially if they are near permanent wet-rice fields. Yet the houses sometimes are moved or abandoned when families cultivate other fields during different years or seasons. The canal running...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Water for drinking
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 16
- This well, rimmed with a cement wall, is a community water source at Mai Chau. A red plastic pail suspended from a pole and washing basin are visible on the right. In the background, laundry is drying. Traditionally, Southeast Asian highlanders drew water...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Carpentry skills
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 18
- Carpenters in highland villages generally work with hand tools, using no electricity. Metal parts, generally now imported from the cities, are either forged in the village or bought pre-made from blacksmiths in larger towns. The man shown here is using a large...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Women working
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 21
- The bright green rice plants in the field are still young and unripe. Note, again, the power lines running in the background.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Vietnam: Historical background
- Vietnam has strong historical connections to China and India and has been ruled by both China and France. After turmoil and wars in the twentieth century, Vietnam embarked on a program of reform that has opened relations with the United States.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- A person in a sunhat walks a water buffalo by wet-rice fields in Mai Chau
- A person in a sunhat walks a water buffalo by wet-rice fields in Mai Chau. The farmer and young buffalo are walking on earthen dykes constructed both as dry paths and as walls to contain standing water needed by the rice plants during certain stages of their...
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- A thatched-roof house in the rural highlands between Hoa Binh and Mai Chau
- This thatched-roof house in the rural highlands between Hoa Binh and Mai Chau shows a traditional style of farmhouse built of local plant materials. Young corn plants are growing in the foreground. Such small farmhouses can be built quickly from local palms,...
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- Man stands in stream at Mai Chau fishing with net on pole near taro plants
- A highland man wearing a conical sunhat stands in a stream at Mai Chau fishing with a net on a pole. Visible in the foreground is a stand of large taro plants. For highland peoples of Southeast Asia, riverine fishing is a main source of protein in their diet....
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- Highland girl holds younger child in rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh
- A highland girl holds a younger child in the rural area between Mai Chau and Ninh Binh. The older girl, who is probably in her early teens, wears a loose black blouse, and she is squinting in the sunlight. The front of her black hair is cut in bangs, and the...
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- Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau
- Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau provide excellent examples of highland village house construction. A person works in the shade under the house in the rear. Hand-hewn wooden walls, columns, shutter doors, and entrance ladders indicate...
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- Highland field house with a farmer and ducks near Mai Chau
- A farmer carrying a basket stands by a highland field house near Mai Chau. The house has a thatched roof and is elevated, but the construction is of lighter and less permanent materials than a wooden village house. On the right, domesticated ducks walk along...
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- Woman leading buffalo past a girl doing laundry in wet-rice field at Mai Chau
- A highland woman walks a water buffalo along a dyke in a wet-rice field at Mai Chau. She passes a girl who is squatting to do washing in a water stream running by the field. The bright green rice plants in the field are still young and unripe.
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- Bamboo water wheel irrigating rice fields at Mai Chau
- A bamboo water wheel is being used to irrigate rice fields at Mai Chau. The current of the stream turns the large wheel. Curved bamboo slats set at the circumference of the wheel lift water from the stream and, as the wheel turns, dump water into a bamboo...
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- Bamboo pipe leading from water wheel to irrigate wet-rice field at Mai Chau
- A bamboo pipe leading from a nearby water wheel irrigates a wet-rice field at Mai Chau. Water is pouring out of the bamboo pipe at left and dropping down to a lower elevation field containing unripe rice plants needing irrigation.
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- Highland woman walks buffalo past girl doing washing in rice fields at Mai Chau
- A highland woman wearing a conical sunhat walks a buffalo past a girl doing washing in wet-rice fields at Mai Chau. The woman, who wears a long dark skirt and T-shirt, leads the buffalo along an earthern dyke that separates rice fields and helps them retain...
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