“Na luam mu” The way of farming in the past
"The madman goes before the deaf man in the middle of the straw with his ass" In the past, now farming is another profession that has been practiced from ancient times to the present.
When the rainy season arrives, all the households are ready to take the buffaloes to the fields to be plowed by the men, who will divide them into groups (plow) to plow the fields. In the past, they would prefer to use the buffalo as a vehicle. People will be to help each other, but they will work help each other until they harvest the rice and then bring it together in one place Which people often call "rice pile" Then the threshing stage is reached after the threshing floor has been completed the elected head with the consent of all those appointed, will be distributed to each household by the head of the household.
In the past, he used to work in the fields, but according to the rules, according to the canal, at 3 o'clock in the morning, 3 months, he would take cow dung and buffalo dung and pour it on each paddy field.
Until now, with the use of modern production equipment and rice machinery, people have begun to shift from subsistence farming to more commercial farming, so that every household will have more paddy land to share their paddy fields for more convenience.
When it comes time to work in the fields, the Lao people will come together to help unite the seeds of unity "after finish my farm we will to next farm " until finish every farm after all the families are done, they like to have a lively meal together with joy and happiness from the day the harvest is done, the rice is threshed, and the rice is harvested in barn.
Resources: Mae zaiy 56 years farmer of Kham District, Xieng Khouang Province.
Ancient Lao traditions (Duangxai luangphasy )