The village I grew up in was surrounded by rubber plantations. There were many acres of rubber cultivation and we could witness the entire process of natural rubber making - from planting small rubber plants to making natural rubber sheets. At that time, most of the plantations and factories were owned by the government. There were small-scale rubber planters in the village as well. However, later on, most of the state-owned rubber plantation (named Lagos Estate) was privatized by the government in the 1980s.
Recently, I visited my parents who are still living in the same village. I could find some time to wander around the village and specifically spend time in rubber plantations. During this visit, I could show the rubber sheet-making process to my son who is still eight years old at one of my relative’s house.
Here are some of my captures on that day. I know there are many who have not seen this process of natural rubber making.
Starting the write-up, I wished to including more photos. This is my first post in localguidesconect and I found it hard to include most of the photos from my collection due to limitations for the image file size. I will try to upload more photos and videos to this thread later. Please feel free to ask your questions about my village, rubber plantations, and rubber-sheet making process if this is an interesting topic for you.