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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Vietnamese/Southeast Asian rice harvesting scythe - finally found a picture of one
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:55:23 -0400

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

Vietnamese/Southeast Asian rice harvesting scythe - finally found a picture
of one at:

http://www.musarium.com/stories/vietnaminc/main.lasso?-SkipRecords=4

The caption under the photograph reads:

RICE is the staple diet. But it is more than food to the Vietnamese – it is their purpose for existing. A symbiosis exists between the society's religious beliefs (its moral values) and its task of growing rice. To a Vietnamese, each meal has some of the significance that eating Communion bread has for a Catholic.

talk about an obscure website ...

I had heard from someone visiting Thailand about the rice harvesting scythes
made and used in that region of the world
and always wanted to see a picture of one. I may try to fabricate one of
these in my shop.

Anyone familiar with this handtool?

LL


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