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Wholesale banana leaves

( Update: 25/03/2015 )

Now, the banana leaf is the basis of making rice cakes, wrapping rolls, sausage ... order by day, so those who do cultivation, and trafficking in banana leaves Pulley busy year round. Get the captions in exchange for a steady job, it seems they have no holidays. Seasonal leaf at a time when the new school year, so the amount earned during the summer months they prepared well enough for clothes, books for kids and also to spend as capital expenditure for the whole family.

* Season ... banana leaves

From this garden - large mango, steep hillsides, creeping banana cling on rocky land. One year until the tree is when people communes of Gia Canh, Phu Vinh, Phu Tan (Dinh Quan) prepare the sickle, go Pulley leaf perch. Follow the "workers" do this job in Dinh Quan District, we understand why things like discarded this idea to create the additional jobs, bringing employment to many local people.

After a lengthy rain, walked into the banana garden, each plant seeds, young leaves were overgrown. "New Year but leaves us at a high price, but now the new season is a major crop. Throughout all gardens, hill slopes, where the first shows a young green banana leaf. It is through it that we earn a decent amount of capital to prepare backpacks, kids clothes for the new school year opportunity "- Ms. Huynh Thi Hoa (35 years old, live in Gia Canh) said.

We decided to stay overnight in his family home, Nguyen Van Nien (41, Phu Vinh) to blur together the next morning they prepared for their journey across the hills Pulley Nancy leaves. Early in the morning, he and his wife Nien, each carrying on their shoulders a long pole 10-15m, í á call everyone on the road around the village prepared. At this time, the whole neighborhood Trip cutting, slitting and woke leaf, opening a hectic day. Dozens of people sat on the Cub 81 car, the car in Minsk, car stuff but visually ugly but good climbing passes and steep. Most of them are poor farmers, not a stable career, to go Pulley leaves to earn a livelihood.

Le Thi Nu, go Pulley leaf since her daughter, now past 40 years, said: "Doing this job depends on the weather and your health. Dry sunny days, less water should be weighed very lightly. So much rain as we "hide" themselves in the hills all day. Girls and women do not do well, what a man, young men seem to be to craft a new office. "

Sun afterimage, the approximate number of leaves were cut just enough, she Buds and son in the garden eating palm rest, prepare for Pulley leaf stage. The shirt worn sun bleached, moldy not cover the broken body of thin woman. Smile is not obscured by troubles on her face. She Smiles are rare here goes Pulley leaves without her husband in the same way, because he has quit over 3 years now. She said it was so busy do not pay attention to her husband slipped falls, until now there are nursing injuries at home. "Although I still have to worry much harder, to do to grab hunched bowl of rice for the whole family" - Ms. Kiss said.

This profession is very unhealthy, all day in the garden dense bind, mosquito bites are common, not less snakebite. Not to mention, the team must harsh overhead sunlight, then pieces of broken bottles, spiky cut the right foot pedal. So, go do this job usually have two, have you to help each other when difficulties. Just put banana leaves into bundles, each bundle weighs about 30-50kg, a leafcutter worker Trip said time June to October is the most beautiful. After cutting off one leg done, people have to stand up straight and then use a sharp knife slitting leaves from the stem below the tops. Then compact bundle and loaded truck leaves for sale to collectors, clues.

* Busy buying

Days ago, banana leaves are usually cleared lying between the garden, not how much they are worth. Now, the banana leaf is the basis of making rice cakes, sausage pack ... ordering, purchasing throughout the year. Also from that store business generated green banana leaves. Banana leaves are traders in the village, mainly to the approximate number of garden plants, paid for a garden, then cut the leaves themselves into. Each garden harvest about 1-2 months, then they go find another garden asking to buy cigarettes. By this time next year they will come back, if the price and the farmer agrees to sell, then traders will continue to cut the leaves. In addition to those looking to buy garden questions, there are also a lot of establishments specializing in buying selling banana leaves to take Saigon, or abroad.

Dirty clothes in plastic banana, hands rough, scattered crescent scar being committed to the sheave leaves, Hoang Van Nam (35), who has 10 years seniority cut leaves, confided : every day, you have to run from one village to another to inquire purchase order. Regardless of the weather, in the footsteps of those who cut the leaves just roamed around. After the new pricing agreement sickle prepared statement, vehicle buyers go into the garden. Each day, the couple leaves him for about 2 quintal for social networks, each about 1,500 kg of copper in the garden, to give clues from 2500-3000 contract. "This job less capital spending, the money is seen as make and to earn. The income of my wife and a couple of million per month to almost every day and burrow in gardens overgrown trees. Fear most is the free day, no place to sell. Only at times of illness, new festive at home, so this job is no holiday "- he explained South.

People in the industry often "hunt" beautiful leaf Nancy Hill, fork Mai waterfall, waterfall Three Drops, or the hills bordering Tan Phu district. Leaf season this year, the number of people employed increased by up to a few dozen people. Season, each person can harvest banana leaves 2-3 quintals / day. Back Duy Anh Tam, a 15-year senior career leaves trafficking, said: "New day going to work, I just bought a few tens of kilograms only. At that time very little connection, if not indentured ago, when discarded leaves. Now, how much do they cover it completely should not fear. The rainy season, bananas grow so fast. "

2 pm, is present in a banana leaf collection points located on Highway 20, Tan Phu, we had the opportunity to witness the quality of each motorbike 5-6 tandem banana leaf bundle delivery queue. Along this road, there are a few dozen dedicated facility to purchase banana leaves from the traveling trader, take the leaves away Pulley resale. No need to sign or something, just to see where any range of 2-3 pm, the busy bustle cars "delivery" is known. "Compete with great data there are often exported to Saigon. You Order more, we buy more, put less then buying less. Leaf to the last day because it does not sell quickly becomes dull, yellow ... "- she Loan, a trader said.