The wind blow of sepoi-sepoi escorts the steps of Odo Hadori (65), during the walk of the challenge in the center of rice fields in Sukasirna Village, Manggungsari Village, Rajapolah District, Tasikmalaya, West Java.
Celebrating the side of the Citanduy River, Odo stops his steps, staring the rows of large-wheeled objects that rotate slowly, the row of water kincir which is as long as the rescue of farmers from the long dry impact.
"Unggal weum halodo urang dieu mah ngadamel kincir, supados rice teu kagaringan ΓΏ( Every season of the dryness of the citizen here makes the kincir (air) so that the paddy field is not dry," he said.
Two animals of cattle are weighed in rice fields that dries due to the wildest season in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
Dua animal cattle shepherded rice fields that dries due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
For farmers in the region, the water kincir became the way out to envy rice fields that were threatened by puso alias failed to harvest during the dry season.
Carefully and sgoyong-royong people there make the kincir to drain water from the Citanduy River stream.
The material used makes water details very simple using bamboo and a number of wood boards.
Dua animal cattle shepherded rice fields that dries due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
Dua animal cattle shepherded rice fields that dries due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
Farmers there said that the habit of building water details when the dryness of the melanda has become a habit of falling findings since 1960 ago.
"Ini (it is) continue the habit of getting down from parents from 1960. There is a small irrigation but it does not incuguate the water needs in this paddy field," said Odo, which is also Chairman of Tani Sarimukti Group, in Manggungsari Village.
Odo explains, there are a little 10 hectares of rice fields there. While one water details can envy about half hectares of rice fields. So far the farmers there have built three units of average water calibration 5-5,5 meters.
Dua animal cattle shepherded rice fields that dries due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
Dua animal cattle shepherded rice fields that dries due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
"If (estimation) costs around Rp1 million to make one piece. But the main material is bamboo here is abundant then done also in the hutong royong," clear Odo when asked soal cost.
The cost is further, more efficient compared to how to suck water using the machine.
"If using the machine should add fuel and operational costs. If this is, once the bikin (bisa) for 24 hours operating," the sign.
Air out of the pipe made of bamboo water to envy the rice fields using water kincir made in a Citanduy River Flow, Manggungsari Village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java. ANTARA PHOTO/Adeng Bustomi/
Petani collects rice fields using tractors that are enticing water details in the river flow of Citanduy, Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java. FOTO/Adeng Bustomi
To make one unit of jumbo-sized water details that farmers need time for two days done around 15 people. On the other hand, the water details made can also last throughout the dry season with easy maintenance.
"The treatment is the most free of charge every day. Ensuring there is no insufficient waste and disrupts the rate of the kincir," obviously.
The farmers usually make the water details up to 11 units to envy dozens of hectares of rice fields. Thanks to the habit of making this water detailer, a number of farmers in the village can still match the planting even in the long dry.
Dua animal cattle are leaned in rice fields that dry due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
Dua animal cattle shepherded rice fields that dries due to the wildlife in Sukasirna village, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java.
"A year can still harvest 3 times, if the long dryness of Citanduy water does not dry, still flow, so there is no puso or fail harvest, then the kincir remains created" added Odo.
Photo and Text : Bow Adeng
Author : Fanny Octavianus