Hagdaw

I took this photo in Bansalan, Davao del Sur; a very popular rice-producing town in the province. In my effort to take a good photo with a farmer and rice as subjects, I chanced upon this old woman doing her own harvest of rice residues, a practice called "hagdaw". This photo explains how abundant Bansalan is in terms of agriculture, while the old woman's gesture speaks about it's people's hardwork.