A young girl taking a bundle of rice straw from a large bale. The straw is used as food for livestock as well as for starting kitchen stove fires for cooking. 

A restaurant owner fire roasting a dog in rice straw on the side of a road. 

A restaurant owner fire roasting a dog in rice straw on the side of a road. 

A woman farmer spreading rice straw ash into an inundated rice paddy. 

A woman carrying a traditional bamboo basket carrier and rake. The carrier is used to transport heavy or numerous items and the weight can be evenly distributed over both shoulders if need be. 

A woman feeding her chickens and pigs. 

A woman feeding her chickens and pigs. 

A woman and her daughter feeding their pigs and chickens in their courtyard. 

The neighbor's dogs watch a woman feed her chickens and pigs next door. 

The neighbor's dogs watch a woman feed her chickens and pigs next door. 

A woman washing clothing in a small lake in the village. 

A woman planting rice seeds in a rice paddy prepared for cultivation. 

A woman washing clothing in a small lake in the village. 

A woman washing clothing in a small lake in the village. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman placing straw over newly planted peanut crops. 

A woman selling cutlets of meat at a local market. 

Women farmers sprinkling rice straw ash on the newly planted crop of rice.