Harvesting Rice...

 Today we spent the day learning about harvesting rice...you can see Scott and the kids with the local "grandfather" or the community, showing them how you choose the stalks and cut them with a special sharp blade.

 The rice is put into bundles such as this...

 ...and then pounded together to form a tight shape and tied with a blade of grass.

 

The bundles are put together and layered on these bamboo shelves.

...and then moved up into this rice storage barn to dry for days.