4. Praying
At noon the women stop to pray and eat. First they wash their feet, hands, and face so they will be clean for prayer. Women are often seen praying in the fields in open shelters where they can retreat from the rain.
5. Eating
After praying, the next step is eating. The only food people will eat when working in the fields is rice, because they believe it makes them strong and energetic.
6. Weeding
After a few weeks when the plants have taken root and the water has been drained from the field, the women must weed. Although the work of weeding and planting is back-breaking, it's also a time to be together and gossip.
7. Harvesting
A group of women is separating the rice from the stalks with a hand-operated machine. They are working with a group of men who have cut the stalks for them. The men are nearby watching the women until more stalks are needed.
8. Hulling
Once the rice is separated from the stalks it is taken to be hulled. Traditionally, this was done at home by hand. Now most people use a rice-hulling machine.