Apatani women transplanting millet on a paddy field bund

Apatanis cultivate millet by an unusual method : they first sow seeds in a nursery bed, like rice, and then transplant it to dry ground, including bunds of the paddy fields : Here, one woman makes holes in the bund with a pole, while the other woman places the millet seedlings in them.

Full title: Apatani women transplanting millet on a paddy field bund [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1944.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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