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Rice Is Life

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In Bali, as in many parts of the world, rice is more than only a staple food-rice is life!

In Bali, life revolves across the planting and harvesting of rice. Whilst eels slip during the mud and dragonflies flutter overhead, farmers plant seedlings within the wet rice field, or ‘saweh.’ Soon every plant is crowned with flowers, and tiny green kernels appear. Rain nourishes the kernels, which grow plump and sweet. The fairway plants turn golden and ripe, and everyone helps harvest the grain. When the harvest is finished, the farmers give way to the goddess of rice for a successful crop.

From planting the seeds to harvesting the ripe grain, this gorgeous, poetic book tells the tale of rice and of the Balinese people, for whom rice is life.

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