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Bouncing Dervishes?
Sep. 26th, 2009 05:45 pmI've been trying to come up with a name for them, and I think that's pretty good. It's harvest time in this area in Japan, so the rice fields are ripe for the crows and such to get into. And most of the farmers put up bouncing dervishes to try to reduce the pilferage.
What's a bouncing dervish? Start with two long limber bamboo poles -- say 20 feet long or so? Stand them up about that far apart, with a long string on each of them. In the middle, hanging on the string, there's a hoop -- maybe 3 feet across? -- covered with... I guess it's plastic, or maybe paper. White, anyway. With huge eyes and a mouth, or some similar pattern on it. Most of them have a bright tail on the bottom to help stabilize it. But every passing breeze makes it flip and jump, with a lot of up and down because the poles are very limber.
I think they really make the rice fields decorative at this time of year. Bouncing dervishes everywhere!
What's a bouncing dervish? Start with two long limber bamboo poles -- say 20 feet long or so? Stand them up about that far apart, with a long string on each of them. In the middle, hanging on the string, there's a hoop -- maybe 3 feet across? -- covered with... I guess it's plastic, or maybe paper. White, anyway. With huge eyes and a mouth, or some similar pattern on it. Most of them have a bright tail on the bottom to help stabilize it. But every passing breeze makes it flip and jump, with a lot of up and down because the poles are very limber.
I think they really make the rice fields decorative at this time of year. Bouncing dervishes everywhere!
