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Nghe An highlands begin harvesting 'golden season'

Hoai Thu • October 9, 2024 09:57

People in the highlands of Nghe An are entering the harvest season. In Xop Kha village, Yen Hoa commune, Tuong Duong district, 100% of the Khmu people are ethnic minorities. People cross streams to the mountains to harvest the golden ripe rice.

lúa yên Hoà.2 — At this time in the highland districts of Nghe An, the rice fields have begun to ripen, covering the mountainside in a brilliant yellow color. The same goes for the Khmu people in Tuong Duong, this is the time for them to harvest the golden season. Photo: HT

lên rẫy — The Khmu people in Xop Kha village, Yen Hoa commune often grow two rice crops a year on high fields. Therefore, the road to the fields often requires ladders and is quite steep. Photo: HT

Những rẫy lúa vàng rực trong nắng đã đến mùa thu hoạch3555 — The golden rice fields in the sun in Xop Kha village have reached harvest season. People often help each other harvest rice "rolling". Due to the characteristics of the fields on the mountain with steep slopes, small areas, and inaccessible by machines, the Khmu people in Yen Hoa still maintain the manual harvesting method. Photo: HT

The Khmu people in Yen Hoa use a hoe to harvest rice. This is a traditional tool of the people for generations. The hoe is made of iron and bamboo, small enough to fit in the palm of the hand. "Here, people often use a hoe to harvest rice that is evenly ripe, has large, firm grains for seeds. When harvesting rice, they usually harvest enough to eat. Only at the end of the season when the rice begins to ripen do people harvest it all and bring it home" - Head of Xop Kha village, Lu Van Quang, said. Photo: HT

The summer-autumn rice in the fields of Western Nghe An has turned golden. In Yen Hoa commune, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Mong Van Vien commune said that the whole commune has 10 hectares of rice, mainly concentrated in Cooc and Canh Khin villages, and some in other villages such as Xop Kha. In recent years, the commune has gradually tested a number of new rice varieties with high yield and good disease resistance such as NA2, NA6, SL9, and Huong Thuan. Photo: HT

Xop Kha village has 85 households. Most of the households have seasonal rice fields, but the trend of rice production is decreasing as children go to work far away and send more and more money back to buy rice. Currently, the agricultural production force in Xop Kha is mainly elderly people. Photo: HT

Mr. Tham Van Son's family in Xop Kha village grows about 400-500 kg of rice each year, enough to eat until the next crop. Mr. Son said that his children have gone to work far away, leaving only his grandparents at home. His family's rice fields are located right on the mountainside next to the house, so harvesting is convenient, without having to travel far like other households. Therefore, he often harvests the ripe rice and brings it home to dry gradually. Photo: HT

In the 2024 winter-spring rice crop, Xop Kha people had a good harvest, with a fairly high yield of about 3.5 quintals/ha, the rice ripened evenly, and the grains were firm. Photo: HT

Harvested rice is tied into small bundles that are easy to hold. Photo: HT

Put it in a basket and take it home. Photo: HT

On sunny days, people hang rice on clotheslines, and on rainy days, rice is dried over a fire. Khmu people often grow sticky rice during the harvest season, both to make new green rice and to steam sticky rice to eat during the upcoming holidays. Photo: HT

Khmu people in western Nghe An harvest rice crop. Clip: HT

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