The last few days I've captured photos of a variety of rice field workers.
These folks (lower right corner) are taking a well deserved break - the Balinese version of resting in the shade of haystack.
Note the woman in the center - carrying probably at least 25 kilos / 50 pounds on her head. It could even be more! The smoke on the left is from burning rice stalks. When I was growing up, this type of burning was also done - even for people's lawns. I think the practice has almost died out in the USA now.
And those ducks were not just any ducks. Here are more of the other "rice field workers" - the trained ducks! (And more smoke from the burning rice straw.)
They line up on the edge of the flooded paddies, and jump in at the duck-herder's signal to go to work.
Here some are grooming and resting.
Just to add a little more "color" - some flowers for your viewing pleasure.
These folks (lower right corner) are taking a well deserved break - the Balinese version of resting in the shade of haystack.
Note the woman in the center - carrying probably at least 25 kilos / 50 pounds on her head. It could even be more! The smoke on the left is from burning rice stalks. When I was growing up, this type of burning was also done - even for people's lawns. I think the practice has almost died out in the USA now.
And those ducks were not just any ducks. Here are more of the other "rice field workers" - the trained ducks! (And more smoke from the burning rice straw.)
They line up on the edge of the flooded paddies, and jump in at the duck-herder's signal to go to work.
Here some are grooming and resting.
Just to add a little more "color" - some flowers for your viewing pleasure.
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