Tanimbary depicts the dynamics of the sowing period: the chatter, the laughter, the hope, and the busyness around the fields of a village’s women workers — but also everything human in-between: the bickering, the frantic and repetitive movements of sowing, the splash of their feet in the water, and the relentless habits of something that has become second nature.

Built in ABA’ form, the first section establishes the scene: the workers, their interactions, the relentless repetitive movement. The middle section turns inward — the dread of the work, the bickering, the quiet concerns. The final section returns to where we began, but transformed: the same movements, now heavier, and a resolution that ends not in certainty but in hesitation.

Inspired by Rice Field Workers with Zebu by Ratovo Henri, whose work can be found at Malagasy Art Gallery.