In South America, the sickle is used as a tool to harvest rice.
But unfortunately, people here are struggling to harvest rice only once a year due to problem on its irrigation system.
As she learns the ways of her people, harvesting wild rice, setting snares, so do we.
The basic form of living are harvesting coconut, rice, fish and edible green leaves.
However, agriculture is the most important economic activity, harvesting corn, flowers and rice.
Much of the work is seasonal, like harvesting and bagging wild rice after the short summer.
For example, the Iban only use hand knives to harvest rice.
This allowed the Sokaogon to harvest rice even on areas that the tribe did not own.
Many peasants were unable to hold onto to their land that they used to harvest rice on and had to become tenants to survive.
The village is surrounded by fields that are used to harvest rice and wheat in respective seasons.