BATAK FARMING from farming in the philippines Watch Video
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Description: Basically, there are six stages in the swidden cycle: underbrush cutting, felling the forest, burning the dead vegetation, planting or sowing the seeds, weeding the field and harvesting. Fields are burned in March at the peak of the dry season, and planting begins in April. Harvesting only takes place in mid-August and often continues through October. nnContrary to the standard description of Batak as ‘pure’ hunters and gatherers the people do engage in upland farming.Batak have a very com
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