Farmers in Dayah Guci, Geulumpang Tiga Sub-district, Pidie District, Aceh Province, descend into paddy fields twice a year to grow rice. No more farmers in Dayah Guci cultivate tobacco crops (Aceh: bakong asoe) in the last five years. Lastly I see there is still a family of Dayah Guci farmers harvesting tobacco tobacco at the end of 2011.

Tobacco Pidie Live Memories

Cultivation of tobacco sugi - also called Pidie tobacco because it is produced in Pidie - formerly became one of the livelihoods of some Dayah Guci farmers and other villages in Geulumpang Tiga Subdistrict, Pidie District. Two planting seasons a year, once planted with rice, the rest-for some farmers-chose to grow tobacco and chili.

Of some Dayah Guci farmers who cultivate tobacco, formerly the average per family planted 2,000 stems every year. Of the 2,000 cultivated stems, tobacco yield losses of 150 to 200 kilograms.

Cultivation of tobacco plants consume enough energy. Start the stage of processing the rice fields to process the leaves of the plant into ready-made tobacco. After seeding, tobacco seedlings are planted at a distance of about 50 cm per hole. This plant is minimally watered once a day, on average twice a day: morning and evening, if the rain does not flush.

In addition to fertilizing tobacco plants with some types of fertilizer, farmers also do spraying pesticides (exterminator pest) at least three weeks. If many plants are attacked by caterpillar pests, spraying is more often done, every three days. This process continues until the time of harvest or when the age of the plant has been four months. Almost the same as the age of rice plants. Characteristics of tobacco leaves that can be harvested, green yellowing.

Harvesting this plant by picking the leaves. Tobacco leaves are transported from rice fields to homes with webbing from coconut leaves. There are also farmers who carry tobacco leaves with bags of rice. The tobacco leaf was then rolled up. Usually this is the job of women. Once rolled up, the leaves are inserted into the wood of the tongs (Acehnese language: run), then chopped. This task is performed by men. Next, dried on a mat woven from the skin of the midrib (in Aceh: ancak). This is also women's duty.

After being dried in the sun's easy open until late afternoon, the ancak (mat) contains rolled tobacco. The tobacco that was green was yellow, now a dark brown. Then, the threat was held again at night for the condensation process. A few hours later, tobacco was allowed to be wrapped lengthwise as big as a big toe. The next is wrapped tightly like a circle of mosquito coils.

After that, tobacco has sold sugi Rp60 thousand-Rp70 thousand per kilogram. However, if put in a specially made barrel and stored for several months, the price of tobacco loss sold about Rp120 thousand per kilogram.

The end of 2011, in Dayah Guci, live a tobacco container seller. The quality of tobacco products losses determine the selling price. Containers then market tobacco sugi to a number of districts / cities in Aceh Province, including North Aceh regency, Lhokseumawe and East Aceh districts.

Pidie tobacco from Pidie is usually used by women aged middle to old age. A snuff of tobacco equal to the tip of an adult's thumb is inserted into the mouth, left to "reside" between the gums. Hence women who wear tobacco sugi, upper lip curve slightly poking. According to women in Daya Guci, tobacco sugi feels good. There are also men who wear tobacco sugi, a substitute for cigarettes. There are also residents complained of toothache, using tobacco sugi as a bidder.

However, tobacco or tobacco Pidie in Dayah Guci, now live memories.