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carabao
Posted on September 9, 2006 @ 5:08 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals, blog, food, people, philippines, wordpress
…plowing the field by the carabao, native water buffalo of the Philippines…
In many regions of the Philippines time is measured by the growth of the rice fields. Each new planting of the rice field marks the passing of calendric time. Filipinos also decide when to plant their crops according to the monsoon rains that occur. Some aspects of religion are also timed according to the cycle of rice. Some people believed that the rice was a manifestation of the gods. There are also rice gods in many upland peoples’ cultures that are often represented as wooden images. In certain areas they decide to harvest the rice whenever the elders decide that it is needed. These decisions are made according to observations of the growing rice and the sun.
Such rituals on rice-growing can be found everywhere in South East Asia: local cultures and traditions are deeply linked with rice. Nevertheless, in 1998 an American company, Ricetec Inc., has obtained a patent in the US for a rice line that mimics the properties of traditional Basmati rice, a product of India and Pakistan. After a legal challenge, the patents were restricted so that they do not cover the pre-existing traditional varieties…
Illustration Friday’s topic is: farm
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7 people have left comments
a beautiful take on farming! I love this illo, it is so different from my idea of farm. You always combine your love of travel and other cultures to your art and include your wisdom on many topics. I love this post and rice too!
A visit to your blog is always rewarding, you make the best posts!
This is beautiful and interesting!
Educational and enlightening as always! That’s one formidable bovine!
A beautiful buffalo, I love his brown color. Thanks for the knowledge about the rice.
Un saludo
He looks very confortable, I guess he was far away from that horrible fram you told me.
Love ur illo!
Very very beautiful indeed.
I really thought I had commented on this one. Oh well I guess I am losing my mind. . .not too much of a surprise.
Anyway - the foliage is so lush and lovely. I love the eyes of the buffalo. So beautiful your style is just fantastic. I love the way you do your lighting - the graduation of color. Awesome. Patents, copy right. . . ugh!!