Explore #247 on Monday, June 1, 2009 Hmong, Sapa -- We are planting the Rice now. Khu, with her son, Mi Tu, on her back, fertilizing after planting. Hmong people are highly intelligent, resourceful and survivors in high altitudes and scares resources. They live off the land and at the same time in harmony with the land. They are animistic and believe everything has a soul, a stone a rice paddy, a mountain. People have several. The planning season is almost over now. In the next few month, until harvest in September – October, they will tend the fields; watching water levels, weeding, fertilizing, guarding against animals and birds eating or spoiling the crop. Let us all pray for them to have a bountiful harvest. They really need it… to survive. See the rice set here The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years. They live of the land and believe in the spirits. a better view …