ivatan farming activities

KAPAYCHAMKAM

- Is the uprooting of all weeds, vines, and shrubs growing between the trees in the farm lot for the years cultivation.

 

KAPAYCHAYU

- means cutting the trees on the cleared farm lot (chinamkaman)

KAPAYAKAW

- Is the removal of the cut trees and brunches from the farm it self. These are thrown piled up one on top of the other on the farm fringes. 

   

KAPAYDALAMSAM/KAPAYSUSUH

- means to burn things. it refers to the burning of the dry weeds, twigs and leaves of shrubs and trees w/c are piled during the kapayakaw. 

KAPAYIPED

- small terraces are piled the remaining farm dirt to farm dirt terraces.

KAPAYSAPAD

- means uprooting excess stumps by digging up and cutting of the roots.

KAPANLAVUK

- refers to the process of softening the cleared surface. Kapaylawang,is a similar activity ,only, they use craw bar to loosen the soil.

KAPANGHUVANG

- is the process of softening and placing marks in w/c the uvi or dukay seedlings are to be planted.

- dukay (spiny yum), the space (huvang) are further apart, not in line w/ the uvi (yum/ube) rows.

KAPAMALTAK

- is the process of choosing and cutting of the good uvi seedlings to be planted in kapaymuha 

  

VINALTAK

- is the uvi seedling itself

KAPAYMUHA

- the process of planting uvi or dukay seedlings.

- dukay is planted inverted.