Mu Cang Chai, locally known as "dry wood land," is home to many ethnic minorities. About 90% of the local population are H'Mong, living together with the Thai and Dao ethnic groups.
Throughout the year, the people here "sell their faces to the land, sell their backs to the sky."
In the field, people use sharp sickles to cut rice, then tie it into bundles and then transfer it to others to thresh the rice.
Farmers smash the bundles of rice next to a wooden barrel so that the grains fall from the trunk.
This farming is indeed not for those who are sloppy.
After harvesting, farmers select good rice by spreading them from above.
Good grains will fall directly to the ground, while poor grains will fly in the wind due to their light weight. After that, they will dry the rice for a few days before packing it into sacks.
The final step is to burn copper, although this method of luminescence is also controversial. During the field burning season, the straw and the remaining tree trunks will be burned, revealing a dry land with columns of smoke tilting across the valley.
Along with the rotation of the crop, this reaping cycle continues each year.
The work is arduous, but it is difficult to see the misery on the faces of the farmers here, because mixed with the harvest hours are laughter and gossip that contribute to alleviating the hardships of the farm.
Source: saigoneer