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Oct 09, 2013 / 14:29

Farming competition at Mu Cang Chai terraced field

Thirty outstanding farmers in some villages at Mu Cang Trai District, Yen Bai Province, joined a competition at a local terraced field for harvest time.

The contestants are those who are good at farming work and understand terraced field techniques. They had to show their skills in the cutting, threshing and cleaning paddy and ploughing, as well as their adeptness in the use of variety of traditional farming equipment developed by the Mong people.
 

 

Each hamlet has one team, comprised of five members each, who show off their skills on a 80 square-metre plot.

 

Paddy threshed in the field

 

 

Wooden bucket used both for threshing and carrying paddy

 

Paddy cleaned in the field with as little loss as possible

 

Speed is highly appreciated by judges and spectators

 

 

Ploughing at a depth of between 20cm - 25cm.

 

Clearing the path at edge of the rice field

 

 Farmers of Mong and De Thang heritage win first prize