Thursday, March 31, 2011

Java and The Water Buffalos



For hundreds of years, this is how the Javanese cultivate the soil in preparation of rice planting. The Water Buffalos (locally called Kerbau/s) are still used to do the hard work of soil prep. This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago with a group of friends (all city residents) who had never been to a rice field, let alone dipping their feet into the mud.