All night hunting for crabs on Lam River
(Baonghean.vn) - When the flood waters recede, people in Trung Phuc Cuong commune (Nam Dan) actively hunt for clams on the Lam River. Despite the danger, local people still work all night to make a living.
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| These past few days, at night, walking on Yen Xuan bridge looking downLam RiverI saw the flashing lights of flashlights shining everywhere, those were the lights of people from Trung Phuc Cuong commune hunting for crabs at night. To get to the large sedge bed in the middle of the river, crab hunters often have to swim through deep creeks. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Instead of carrying bait tubes to lure clams in the fields like the people of Hung Nguyen, people here go to the river to catch clams with only flashlights, buckets, basins, and bags. At night, clams often come ashore and up to the beach to look for bait, and people gofishingThey just need to use their hands to quickly "grab" to catch them. They wade across the sedge beds in the middle of the river to hunt for clams. A few women who cannot go to the middle of the river have to hunt clams on the banks. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In addition to the tens of hectares of sedge on Lam River, which cannot be covered by walking all night, the mounds of earth around Yen Xuan bridge piers where many crabs are concentrated are also ideal places for people to hunt crabs. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| According to local people, every night, dozens of people in Nam Cuong commune (old) go to Lam river to hunt for clams. Clam hunting here takes place all night long. Around 10 pm - 11 pm, most clam hunters will finish their work and go home. They carry buckets of clams and swim across the river. A few people still actively hunt all night long. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| During the clam season, many families in Nam Cuong go clam hunting, both husband and wife or both husband and wife and children. Many students also go clam hunting at night with their parents. It is worth mentioning that people are still negligent in preventing drowning in the river. In the photo: An 8th grade student goes clam hunting in the middle of the Lam River. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Every year, when the floodwaters on Lam River recede, it is the time when people go hunting for clams and catch the most clams. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| To avoid having to carry the bags of fish across the creeks or wade through the sedge to the village, some people dropped ropes down to the riverbank and pulled the bags of fish up to Yen Xuan bridge. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| From 10-11pm at night, the clam purchasing points in the village begin to operate busily. Ms. Le Thi Hai (72 years old) of Trung Phuc Cuong commune said that her family has been purchasing clams for many years. The clams here are gathered to sell to people in the district and transported to Vinh. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A student follows his father to hunt for clams and sell them at night. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Lam River clams are being bought by local people at 35,000 VND/kg. Each night of clam hunting, depending on luck, a person can earn 5-7 kg, at most several yen. Although staying up all night and swimming across the river is quite tiring, clams also bring a significant source of income for the people. Photo: Huy Thu |
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