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From ‘wikipedia’:  ”One of the many reasons for the failure of the attempted Japanese pacification of the Philippines during their 1941-1945 occupation was their indifference to the basics of the Filipino economy. The carabaos provided the necessary labor that allowed Filipino farmers to grow rice and other staples. Japanese army patrols would not only confiscate the rice but would also slaughter the carabaos for meat, thereby preventing the farmers from growing enough rice to feed the large population. Before World War II, there were an estimated three million carabaos in the Philippines. By the end of the War it is estimated that nearly 70% of them had been lost. . . .”

There is no beauty like the beauty of a rice field.  There is no green like the green of ripening rice.  And there’s no more engaging activity than watching the many daily phases involved in managing a rice field throughout the growing season.

'Rice Field Dawn -- San Jose, Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines'


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