“Year after year, I don’t know since when, the name Loofah Season has become familiar to the people here…”
Whatever it takes, at the beginning of the year, they gather to the forest to harvest pumpkins. Some lie close to the ground, some stretch high above.
Regardless of height, they pick them all, for diligence fills the bags quickly. Bags brimming with joy, where worries fade away amidst hard work.
Gourd are sustainably harvested, peeled, seeds washed on the spot. Seeds sprout, shells decompose into nutrients to nurture the plants.
After a year of rain and shine, gourd mature into fiber, and fiber into dish scrubbers, bath sponges…
