They are bent for hours replanting young shoots of rice in the muddy soil of rice paddies flooded by irrigation canals near Tra qué.
The transplanters sometimes move in groups like crabs and at times they hold their discussions while working.
They are protected from the sun by the famous Vietnamese hat and a kind of hood from face to blow.
But reverberation on the water accentuates the power of the sun’s rays and can cause their eyes to damage.
In this large plain of Tra Qué (pronounced Tcha wé), ecological village near Hoi An, vegetable and rice crops are organic without the use of pesticides or fertilizers. Transplanting and planting of rice is done by hand without a machine. Everything is artisanal unlike other countries like China, Thailand or Japan who have adopted the machine to bed.
Portraits of female Rice transplanters.
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I tried to do a bit of discussion with this woman during her cigarette break.
She is 66 years old and still works in rice fields.
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