The 'long-distance' area of ​​the people in Western Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) – Due to the custom of growing crops and raising livestock mainly based on slash-and-burn farming, ethnic minorities in Western Nghe An often set up farms far from residential areas called “xa nam”. These “xa nam” are organized like a village consisting of several households doing business close to each other to avoid diseases for livestock and poultry and to facilitate the collection of agricultural products.

Households with production and livestock land close together on the fields in Western Nghe An often set up a separate area called "xa nam".

That area is built for housing and livestock production like a village.

The locations chosen to establish "far-away" farms are often far from residential areas to avoid the spread of disease to livestock and close to fields for harvesting.

Here, people enclose the land to let buffalo, cows, goats... graze freely.

A pig roaming free under the floor "far away from home".

Chickens are allowed to roam freely all over the place "for years". Many households say that raising chickens and ducks here is the best way to prevent disease.

Harvested corn is stored in "off-year" warehouses.

On holidays, highland students also follow their parents to "sleep in the fields" for a year.

When needed, customers can come here to choose and buy "clean" products such as pork, chicken, vegetables... at cheap prices.

A "far away" area located next to the poetic terraced fields.

Dao Tho