The fragrance of highland green rice flakes

When the weather turns cool in autumn, Tay ethnic villages in Tuyen Quang enter the new green rice flake season.

On the upland sticky rice fields, young Tay men and women carefully select plump, golden rice ears. To produce batches of fragrant, shiny green rice flakes, the makers must go through numerous manual steps, each requiring meticulous attention and patience.

At the beginning of the season, every household sets aside its first fragrant batches of rice flakes as offerings to their ancestors, to give thanks to heaven and earth, and to pray for favorable weather and good fortune in farming.

Farmers in Bac Quang commune select plump sticky rice ears to make green rice flakes.

The process of drying each bundle of rice.

Tay people in Lam Binh commune pounding green rice flakes.

Selecting round, plump green rice grains.

The wrapping stage of green rice flakes.

The fragrance of highland green rice flakes.

Le Duc