swidden farmer (OPP. wet paddy farmer in South-East Asia)

Swidden cultivation : setting fire, yakibata no hiire 焼畑の火入れ

Japan (Kochi, Tsubayama), 20th century (1975). Photo Suto Isao

Category Fields and systems

French essarteur　 (OPP. riziculteur en Asie du Sud-Est)　

English swidden farmer (OPP. wet paddy farmer in South-East Asia)

Japanese

Kanji 焼畑耕作民, 　焼畑農耕民 　(東南アジアで。　　反 　水田耕作民 )

Kana やきばたこうさくみん,　やきばたのうこうみん　(反 　すいでんこうさくみん )

Translitération yakibata-kôsakumin, yakibata-nôkômin (反 suiden-kôsakumin )

Chinese

Traditional 從事刀耕火種的農民,燒山備地的人

Simplified 从事刀耕火种的农民,烧山备地的人

Pinyin congshi daogenghuozhong de nongmin,shao shan bei di de ren

Other illustrations

Swidden cultivation : pruning trees, yakibata ki-oroshi 焼畑の木おろし

159Japan (Miyazaki, Nishimera-mure Kiura), 20th century (1983). Photo Suto Isao

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