A sacred tradition - why this Indonesian community stockpiles rice to last nearly 100 years (youtube.com)

Rice of around 170 varieties ('each with its own advantages' including different lengths of growing between 4 and 7 months, but all adapted to the climate there) , grown without pesticides and with minimal chemicals, hung in bundles, stalks still attached (husks prevent weevils), stored in piles in barns (on the second story it seems, it the loft of the barn), versus commercially produced rice which has undergone a process that reduces its durability.

They plant and harvest by the appearance of constellations (Orion and Pleides), avoiding the mating season of pests, whether or not there is drought.

The whole village walks over the hills they've prepared (by removing all the plants) and with a sack of seed over their shoulders, by hand place seeds where they think on the exposed dirt.

They have abundant supply but are not allowed to sell rice, and this is included in their religious beliefs.

They protect their forest and it is still in good condition, they say. 'We don't take for economic purposes. We take only what we need and not more.' They expressed ideas about Indonesia being some day independent of agricultural products imported from abroad.

It appears their village has people of all ages (including youths and adults, who in many places leave villages after chlidhood and only sometimes return in maturity). There are villages playing their own songs on their own instruments. Kasepuhan Gelar Alam community in West Java, Indonesia.

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