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Rice Harvest in Bali

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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI: A rice field in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI: A woman walks into a rice field to start working on the harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:   A man cuts rice during the harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:  A woman carries the wood table she uses to thrash rice into a paddy during the harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI: A woman threshes rice to separate the kernels from the stalk during the rice harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI: Women thresh rice to separate the kernels from the stalk during the rice harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:   A woman collects rice straw during the rice harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:  A woman threshes rice to separate the kernels from the stalk during the rice harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:  A woman cuts rice during the harvest in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI: Women work during the rice harvest in Bali. The woman on the left was cutting rice, the woman on the right was thrashing it. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI: A woman pauses while harvesting rice in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:  A woman fills her water bottle while harvesting rice in Tampaksiring, Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:  A woman removes dirt and small particles from rice kernels during the harvest in Bali. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016 - TAMPAKSIRING, GIANYAR, BALI:  Women harvest rice in a rice paddy in Tampaksiring. New homes built as rental properties for foreign tourists and retirees are in the background. Many rice fields around Ubud are being sold to real estate developers who are building expensive homes in the paddies. Rice is an important part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. Despite the importance of rice, Bali does not produce enough rice for its own needs and imports rice from nearby countries. Because of its dependable growing weather and number of micro-climates, rice cultivation is a year round activity in Bali. Some farmers can be harvesting rice, while farmers just a few kilometers away can be planting rice. Most rice in Bali is still harvested by hand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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