(Baonghean.vn) - Black canarium fruit - a clean food that is loved by many people, but harvesting it is not simple. Currently, the profession of "canarium climbing" is considered one of the most risky professions.
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| Black canarium is distributed in the midlands and mountainous areas of the North and North Central regions. In Nghe An, black canarium is abundant in Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Do Luong, Tan Ky districts... The area of canarium planting is increasing day by day, but the main fruiting trees today are natural canarium, growing in gardens and forests with the characteristic of tree trunks tens of meters high. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| The small canarium fruit (2.5 - 3cm long, about 1cm in diameter) is dark black when ripe, clings firmly to branches and leaves, and is found on tall trees, so harvesting is very difficult. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In localities with a lot of canarium, teams of people often form to pick canarium - the profession of "canarium climbers". They buy canarium when it has just set fruit, wait for it to ripen and harvest it, to sell retail or import to purchasing points. The tools for picking canarium are quite simple, just poles attached to sickles, made of iron, shaped like a crescent moon. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| To be a "canarium climber", the first thing you need to do is to know how to climb trees and not be afraid of heights. Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hoa in Hamlet 12, Thanh Tien Commune (Thanh Chuong) - a person with nearly 20 years of experience in the "canarium climber" profession said: "Canarium tree trunks are tall, straight, and very difficult to climb. Climbing the canarium tree is the initial challenge, but standing on the tree and being able to poke and pick canarium is the real difficulty." New climbers often use ladders to support a section at the base of the tree. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Skilled tree climbers mostly use the drop-climb method, reaching the top in a flash. They use their hands and feet to grab the tree trunk, coordinating their hands and feet to lift themselves up. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some people also use ropes to climb the trees, but it is very complicated. Photo: Huy Thu |
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The baskets of black, shiny, fatty canariums are really hard to pick, sometimes even costing one's life. Photo: Huy Thu
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| Because, to poke the canarium fruit on the tree, the climber must choose the appropriate posture, both maintaining balance and using a pole to poke the fruit. For large canarium trees, usually 2-3 people work together to climb a tree, each person picking a large branch. They often choose a sunny day to pick canarium, only when the canarium fruit is ripe at the same time, they must pick urgently, then climb canarium fruit in the rain because it is more dangerous. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Once climbing the tree, the climber must use all the "tricks": standing, sitting, holding on, clamping on to the fork... to pick the fruit. Even if tired, try to pick it before going down. Do not go up and down the tree many times, wasting energy. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A risky attempt to poke the fruit: The climber lies on his back, legs wrapped around the tree branch, arms wrapped around the branch while holding a pole to poke the fruit, without any insurance, not even a rope. Mr. Luu Van Thang in hamlet 5, Thanh Nho commune (Thanh Chuong) said: The fruit is a brittle tree that breaks easily, climbing the fruit is quite dangerous, up to now there have been many cases of climbing the fruit, falling, breaking limbs, paralysis, and death. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| People who climb canarium trees usually go in groups, each group has 2-3 people, sometimes 7-8 people, sometimes the whole family. They travel to all districts in the province, sometimes even to Huong Son, Vu Quang (Ha Tinh)... to find canarium trees. Men and boys specialize in climbing and picking, women specialize in picking. Because canarium trees often grow in uneven terrain, with many dense bushes, picking canarium trees is also a job that requires perseverance and hard work. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Mr. Hoang Van Tri (54 years old) in Tien Chinh hamlet, Vo Liet commune (Thanh Chuong) said: "The job of climbing canarium trees has a good income, each canarium season, my family also earns several tens of millions of dong. However, this is a risky job, not everyone wants to do it and can do it." Photo: Huy Thu |
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