Bontoc planting rice
Bontoc planting rice
(See PE00679.) Planting the rice seed, transplanting the palay, and caring for the growing rice plant is done by the women. They also do most of the harvesting; men help only when there are not enough women for the work required (Jenks, The Bontoc Igorot, 1905, 135).
1913
Bontoc
Mountain Province
rice planting rice agriculture women cordillera ethnic indigenous peoples otto gmur fields rice paddies bontoc igorot
(See PE00679.) Planting the rice seed, transplanting the palay, and caring for the growing rice plant is done by the women. They also do most of the harvesting; men help only when there are not enough women for the work required (Jenks, The Bontoc Igorot, 1905, 135).
1913
Bontoc
Mountain Province
rice planting rice agriculture women cordillera ethnic indigenous peoples otto gmur fields rice paddies bontoc igorot