Plantation

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Plantation activities

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


Cultivation of fields and planting of seeds and seedlings are
kigo for the start of the two rainy seasons.
We collect the words that we associate with both activities.


cultivating shambas
. Shamba garden 　

digging the soil
planting seeds
planting seedlings


fertilizer
jembe
manure
seedlings

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jembe


a jembe is a hoe (a digging tool with a long stick handle) commonly used in Kenya's farms. At times a jembe can be so heavy that you just have to remove mud by either knocking one against another or by using a stick.

. . another photo of a jembe


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Worldwide use



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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

Plantation haiku by Sibiko Yamame Winslause


heavy jembes-
he knocks them together
dropping mud

ploughed ridges-
her two fingers drop maize seed
in turn

Monday morning-
wet red soil sticks
on his feet

rising sun-
he follows manila rope
digging holes


he repairs
his wheelbarrow tyre-
afternoon drizzle


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Related words

***** WKD : Reference


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