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Longji Rice Harvest


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Exposure Date: 2012:10:07 20:04:50;
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Copyright: 2011 "Gunga" Jim Downs;
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On a photo tour that visited the Longji (Dragon Spine) rice terraces near

Longsheng, China our tour operator paid these three Yao tribal women a

small stipend to descend onto the steep rice terraces below us. Local

landowners are prohibited from harvesting their rice until the last possible

moment because the terraces attract so many tourists and

photographers spend big bugs coming to the region and the terraces are

very dull looking once the harvest is complete. The time had not arrived

when the landowners could begin the harvest. Thus, these ladies were,

how do I say it, pretending to harvest. Before the ladies descended onto

the terraces they said they had to get the permission of the land owner,

a member of a different minority, who was not about to let them on his

land unless he received a piece of the action. It took a little over an half

and hour of shouting across the expansive terraces between

representatives of the two minorities, our national Chinese guide and our

tour company owner. Finally, the matter was resolved, the ladies

descended and we snapped our photos. In Focus Travel was the tour

operator. So there you have, the rest of the story.

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I like this image even is ''directed'',nice colors contrast and subject.I find interesting the story too and imagine the negotiation.

best regards

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An excellent story behind this unique shot GungaJim, no matter what had to be done, it happens. I have never really seen, even on TV, the harvesting of rice and find it rather fascinating.

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