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| On hot days, acacia harvesters on the hills have a very hard time. In complex terrains or on high hills, they have to use excavators to open zigzag "z" shaped roads along the hillsides to transport acacia. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| People who work as "glue tappers" usually go in groups of 5-20 people. Each mountainous commune growing acacia in Anh Son, Thanh Chuong, Con Cuong districts... has 3-5 groups. Most members of the "glue tappers" groups are women. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The harshness of the "glue tapping" job is that it cannot be done in the rain because the trees are slippery and can easily cause accidents, and in the sun it is too hard, hot and tiring. On these sunny days of 38 - 39 degrees, every time they go to work, in addition to bringing lunch, wearing tight clothes, and wearing many hats, they also have to bring a lot of drinking water and leaves to block the sun. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The "glue beating" job involves many steps such as cutting trees, cutting branches, peeling bark, transporting them onto vehicles... of which, peeling bark takes the most time. If not done promptly, the tree will be exposed to the sun, the bark will stick firmly to the trunk and be difficult to peel off. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| "Kumquat smashers" have to go to work early on sunny days, around 3-4am, they have already gathered together to go up the hill to cut trees and peel bark. Workers said that if they go to work at noon, around 11am, and are still in the middle of the hill, they cannot work because of the sun and fatigue. Photo: Huy Thu |
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Women who participate in the "acacia cracking" profession not only peel the acacia bark, but are also the main porters. Some women also take on the task of carrying large, heavy logs. Photo: Huy Thu
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"Kumquat breaking" is a hard, heavy job, sometimes even dangerous, such as being hit by trees, crushed, crushed, broken limbs, bee stings... However, local people still stick with the job because "there is no other job". Photo: Huy Thu |
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| If the logging is on the top of a hill and the vehicles cannot reach it, the "glue breaking" teams often tie the glucan into large bundles and roll them down the hill. For large logs, many people will join hands to transport them. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Loading glue onto the truck is also quite hard. After peeling off the glue, the glue is slippery and difficult to hold. Each "glue pounding" session, each team can also load several trucks of glue. "Glue pounding" on hot sunny days, if there is a storm, it is even more difficult to load and unload because glue is very slippery when it rains, which can easily cause accidents. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The "glue pounding" profession is paid based on output. After importing the glue, the wholesaler will pay the workers depending on the amount of glue sold. Each day, each person earns about 200,000 VND. Those who have a machine to cut trees have higher wages. In the photo: "glue pounding" workers in Thanh My commune (Thanh Chuong) leave after a session of making glue on a hot day. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The hard work of "glue smashing". Clip: Huy Thu |
