To the place where a straw is as precious as a grain of rice

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    Soc Trang - Harvesting rice with combine harvesters or burning straw in the fields is not present in the coastal fields of Vinh Chau.

    Farmers in Vinh Chau town (Soc Trang province) harvest rice with sickles and thresh rice with buckets to keep the straw intact. Clip: Phuong Anh
    Nhung ngay nay, ve vung ven bien TX Vinh Chau (Soc Trang) de dang bat gap hinh anh nguoi dan thu hoach lua.
    These days, in the coastal area of ​​Vinh Chau town (Soc Trang), it is easy to see people harvesting rice.
    Ba con o day trong lua nhung cot la lay rom de phu dat trong hanh tim. Vi vay khau thu hoach hoan toan bang thu cong. Lua duoc cat den tan goc sau do dap vao chiec bo cho hat lua vang ra. Chiec bo cao khoang 2,5m, co luoi bao quanh tranh cho hat lua vang ra ngoai, phia duoi day de dung cu dung lua. Trong do co thang tre de dap hat lua roi ra khoi bo lua.
    People here grow rice but mainly use straw to cover the soil for growing shallots. Therefore, the harvesting process is done entirely by hand. The rice is cut to the roots and then hit against a bin to let the rice grains fall out. The bin is about 2.5m high, surrounded by a net to prevent the rice grains from falling out, and at the bottom is a tool to hold the rice. There is a bamboo ladder to hit the rice grains out of the bundle.
    “Neu su dung may gat dap thi rom bi nghien nat, hay roi nen khi dung rom day goc hanh tim rom de bi gio thoi bay. Con khi cat bang luoi liem, tuot hat bang bo soi rom duoc giu nguyen khi phu rom de lam hon“, mot ho trong lua o TX Vinh Chau (tinh Soc Trang) cho biet.
    “If using a combine, the straw is crushed or tangled, so when using straw to cover the roots of purple onions, the straw is easily blown away by the wind. But when cutting with a sickle or threshing with a bucket, the straw fibers are kept intact when covering with straw, making it easier to do,” said a rice farmer in Vinh Chau Town (Soc Trang Province).
    Ong Phen o TX Vinh Chau (tinh Soc Trang) da co tren 40 nam trong lua va hanh tim cung la khoang thoi gian ong canh tac lua theo cach truyen thong. “Lam lua lay gao de dung trong gia dinh con rom thi phuc vu hanh tim. Rom o day quy nhu hat lua, nha nao cung tru rom de phuc vu cho trong mau. Boi vay du la cat lua, dap lua theo cach nay mat thoi gian, them cuc nhung rom duoc giu nguyen soi“, ong Phen noi.
    Mr. Phen in Vinh Chau town has been growing rice and shallots for over 40 years, which is also the time he has been cultivating rice in the traditional way. “We grow rice for family use and straw for shallots. Straw here is as precious as rice grains, every household stores straw to grow other crops. Therefore, although cutting and threshing rice this way takes time and is more difficult, the straw is kept intact,” said Mr. Phen.
    Rom duoc bo lai can than roi chat dong ky cang.
    The straw was carefully bundled and stacked neatly.
    Tu lau ba con Vinh Chau xem soi rom vang sanh ngang hat lua. Boi sau vu lua, dat se duoc cay xoi, len liep roi trong mau. Rom duoc phu len goc cay nhu mot tam ao che mua che nang cho hanh tim.
    For a long time, Vinh Chau people have considered golden straw to be on par with rice grains, because after the rice crop, the land will be plowed, raised and planted with other crops. Straw is covered around the base of the tree like a rain and sun cover for the shallots.
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