Halbi Fieldwork

Halbi Fieldwork

Bhatpal village, Bastar District, MP India
1967-1978

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Miri, Sukuntula and Thibu playing in hut by threshing floor c. 1968

Throwing down the sheaves of rice in preparation for the oxen to tread out the grain.

Using oxen to thresh rice

The oxen are tethered to a centre pole and are walked around and around the threshing floor treading out the grain. They're free to eat as they go.

Using oxen to thresh rice. They're free to eat as they go.

Oxen treading out the rice grains from the sheaves.

Shaking up the trodden out sheaves to allow the grains of rice to fall through to the threshing floor.

Shaking up the threshed rice so the husked grain falls onto the threshing floor.

Man winnowing with pile of paddy in foreground ready for thanksgiving ceremony c. 1967

Potel and his father making container of straw to store seed rice for next year c. 1967

Potel and his father making container of straw to store seed rice for next year c. 1967

Buday and Chingaru cutting sugar cane.

Stripping the sugar cane clean of leaves and other junk.

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