Water buffalo are essential to the economy of farming families. Harnessing a water buffalo to a hand plow is still the main means of cultivating a rice field. Farm boys bathe and tend the animals in rivers and watering holes. At festivals, water buffalo are harnessed to compete in pulling contests.
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Caption text by John Balaban Originally donated to the South/Southeast Asia Library, and transferred to The Bancroft Library.
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