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SUMMARY:Paddy Planting Elamadu
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LOCATION:Elamadu Paddy Field\, Elamadu\, Kollam\, Kerala\, 691533
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URL:https://app.eventifyplus.com/event/paddy-planting-elamadu
DESCRIPTION:Paddy Planting Elamadu is traditional rice planting in the padd
 y fields of Elamadu\, near Ayoor in eastern Kollam. June and July are the 
 virippu season\, Kerala's first rice crop\, when seedlings are transplante
 d by hand into flooded fields.\n\nFarmers raise the seed in a nursery\, a 
 small patch where it has already sprouted\, and carry the seedlings out in
  bunches. The main field is puddled and standing in water. Planters set ea
 ch seedling in the mud by hand. That hand method is the traditional planti
 ng experience. Machines may exist elsewhere in the village. This visit is 
 about the hand work.\n\nThe exact morning follows rain and njattuvela\, th
 e Kerala farming calendar of short star periods\, each a little under a fo
 rtnight. A good rain can bring the planting forward. A late monsoon holds 
 it back. June and July name the season. They do not mean every field in El
 amadu is planted on the same day.\n\nElamadu sits inland\, away from the K
 ollam coast. Rice land here is often split into small family parcels that 
 share water. The visit is planting\, not harvest\, and not a temple festiv
 al. No song or feast is part of the field work itself. Standing on a publi
 c path\, where one exists\, is not the same as joining the planters. Wages
  for transplanting\, where they are paid\, are between farmers and workers
 .\n\nAsk farmers in Elamadu which field is open\, which day the nursery is
  ready\, and whether a visitor may plant or only watch from the bund.\n\n
 🚆 Railway: Punalur Railway Station — approximately 24 km…\n\nEvent 
 page: https://app.eventifyplus.com/event/paddy-planting-elamadu
CATEGORIES:Agro & Farm Experiences
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