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Traditional Practices

昔むかし、桑くわを育てるそだてる事ことが村むらの大切たいせつな目的もくてきだった。

In the past, cultivating mulberry trees was an important goal for villages.

新芽しんめが出るでる時期じき、皆みんなで集まりあつまり栓せんを挟んはさんだ。

When the new buds appeared, everyone gathered to plug them.

自然しぜんの恩恵おんけいを搾り取るしぼりとる工夫くふうが必要ひつようだった。

Innovations to extract nature's blessings were necessary.

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