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Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Ducks and rice: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 10; In many parts of Southeast Asia, farmers raise ducks and farm wet-rice fields in a mutually beneficial, or symbiotic, relationship. Duck droppings fertilize the water in which the rice grows. Ducks also eat the algae and other weeds that grow near the young...; 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.

Wet rice in the highlands: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 3; This photograph, and most of the photos that follow, was taken in Mai Chau, in the highlands of northwestern Vietnam. In most of Southeast Asia, the highlands are too dry or steep to construct the standing water pools required to nourish wet rice. Therefore,...; 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.

View of small mountain peaks along road between Hoa Binh and Mai Chau: This scene of the landscape along the road between Hoa Binh and Mai Chau shows several sharp mountain peaks in the background. Low vegetation and house roofs also are seen in the distance.; Format: image/photograph

Taro plants growing near a house and fields at Mai Chau: Small taro plants grow in a densely planted garden plot near a house and fields at Mai Chau. Peeled and cooked like a potato, taro roots are a filling but not highly nutritious food. They are, however, easy to grow and provide a ready source of food when other...; Format: image/photograph

A farmer is bent at the waist working in a wet-rice field at Mai Chau: A farmer wearing a conical sunhat is bent at the waist working in a ripening wet-rice field at Mai Chau. With one basket strapped at the waist and another larger one nearby, the farmer may be weeding the rice field, or else foraging for edible plants or fish.; Format: image/photograph

Thatched roof farm house in highland rice fields of Mai Chau: A thatched roof farm house stands among highland wet-rice fields at Mai Chau. A line of palm trees grows near the house, and fog-covered mountains are visible in the background.; Format: image/photograph

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.

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.; Format: image/photograph

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.; Format: image/photograph

Field house located on canal in highlands near Mai Chau: A thatched roof house is located along a canal used for irrigating wet-rice fields in the highlands near Mai Chau. Such small houses built of local plant materials may be used by Southeast Asian highland families on a permanent basis, especially if they are...; Format: image/photograph

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...; Format: image/photograph

Woman wearing headscarf and shoulder basket walks in Mai Chau rice field: A highland woman wearing a headscarf and shouldering a large basket walks in an unripe wet-rice field in Mai Chau. The view is taken from behind the walking woman who appears to wear shorts or a short skirt. Mountains and some houses are barely visible in...; Format: image/photograph

Ducks swim in canal near Mai Chau: Ducks swim in a canal near Mai Chau. These brown, white, and black ducks with yellow bills are a domesticated variety raised by local rice farmers. In many parts of Southeast Asia, farmers raise ducks and farm wet-rice fields in a mutually beneficial, or symbiotic,...; Format: image/photograph

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...; Format: image/photograph

Close-up view of the front half of a water buffalo at Mai Chau: A water buffalo tethered at Mai Chau village is seen in a close-up view of his head and front legs. A locally-made fiber harness is tied around the buffalo's head and large horns. Water buffalo are mostly gentle creatures used to pull plows and turn soil in...; Format: image/photograph

Protection from the sun: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 6; Rural women, men, and children throughout Southeast Asia commonly weave their own hats, sleeping mats, and baskets from a variety of palm leaf, bamboo, and rattan fibers. Mountain groups or highlanders are less involved in the national cash economy (often...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Village well providing community water at Mai Chau: A highland village well with a cement rim wall provides 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, a young woman walks along a village path past a bamboo pole...; Format: image/photograph

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