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Huge Bowl Filled with Rice (Plants), Ligao, Albay, Philippines

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"Albay farmers use ‘bunkol’ in rice planting" By Rhaydz B. Barcia .... LIGAO CITY — On top of Kawa-Kawa hill in this city, upland rice farmers use “bunkol” tools in planting Dinorado seedlings, a variety of rice that produces first class and very aromatic grains favored by wealthy families in Bicol. Bunkol is a long bamboo tube with knifelike shape on the lower portion to perforate the dregs, having a slot running its length. As it pounds the ground, it produces a sound that reverberates far and wide like a talking drum. The Kawa-Kawa Hill has about 236-meter elevation from the ground that provides a panoramic view of the city and beyond. The hill looks like a giant frying pan overlooking the city. Downhill is the Carmelite Sisters and a resettlement area where typhoon victims and those displaced by the the most recent flashfloods from Mt. Mayon are now safely housed. Several upland farmers, with their women carrying Dinorado seedlings, were seen sowing in the ‘bunkol’ or ‘hasok’ manner which is primitive way of farming still being practiced by upland farmers here despite the modern techniques being employed by most farmers in the lowland. The upland farmers work faster with their “bunkol tools” creating a humming sound while the women make “bubod” (inseminating) of the seeds on the holed grounds. Former Albay Gov. Fernando Gonzalez said the bunkol type of farming is Dinorado rice planting introduced by the upland farmers’ ancestors. He said ‘bunkol’ is traditionally used as an instrument to communicate with fellow settlers who are situated in distant villages, especially those in hazard prone areas. >>>> Taken from http://barangayrp.wordpress.com/2008/07/ 09/albay-farmers-use-%E2%80%98bunkol%E2% 80%99-in-rice-planting/

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    • Maryan, r U a writer?

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    • 2009.06.24 at 09:37:31 PDT

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