How to grind Rice

Grind rice?

Back in our forefather’s days

They grind their own rice.

A large wooden structure curve 

inside a shape of bowl.

That’s where the rice is put to grind.

It pass down from our ancestors.

Old tradition bounds a girl

Cannot find a groom and married off,

Lest she knows how to grind rice.

I remember my mother taught me 

How to grind a rice.

First, the rice need to dry on a daylong sunny day

And in the evening,

I was taught to tight a scarf around my waist

That holds grip and strength to crush enough grains.

I’d to Put the rice in that wooden structure curve shape bowl

To start the grinding.

I was told to lift a heavy wooden rod  

With my leg set apart avoiding any mistake of hurting my small feet

And grind the rice back and forth

until it looks well crush.

Later,

I’ve to winnow the chaff from those piles of rice.

Until I find the whole fine grain.

And thats how I learned to grind rice.