Rice Planting
On a sunny Thursday the whole of GVI Nepal’s staff and
volunteers took the bumpy bus ride out to Pame Village to some of the rice
fields. We were very excited to learn
from local farmers and their wives the art of traditional rice planting.
As we stood on the hill overlooking the fields we knew it
was going to be a long day of hard work.
First of all the field had to be levelled. This was done by an ox dragging a wooden
plough. A few volunteers jumped at the chance
to have a go steering the ox and ended up with mud all over their clothes, but
it was really fun.
The local farmers showed us down to the rice fields where we
all stood in mud and learnt to plant rice.
This really gave us an insight into how much work goes into a single
packet or bag of rice.
We were exhausted after planting only two fields while the
farmers and their wives did so many more – they were so fast!
After so much hard work, we were lucky to be spoiled with
some delicious Nepali food. It was a
really unique experience which we won’t forget – especially the fact that we
all avoided getting any leeches.
Volunteers Martina and Amy
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