1.   Every village thrashing ground was a tableau of sinewy peasants tossing bundles of rice stalks into the breeze to separate the grains from the chaff.

2.   First, a tractor was driven, in reverse, in fast and furious circles over the dried rice stalks.

3.   The cream-colored, loose-fitting shirts are made of pineapple plant fiber and silk, with designs of windows and rice stalks woven in.

4.   The loose, semi-transparent shirts are made of pineapple tree fiber and silk, with designs of windows and rice stalks woven in.

5.   The rains have filled roads with mud and smashed rice stalks in fields.