Buffalo is a powerful animal, so it is often used as workers in the fields and in the fields. Even in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, buffalo power is also used for sugarcane milling businesses. But ironically, buffalo eyes must be closed, so they can work.
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By using two coconut shells, Asrul, the owner of a sugar cane milling business, closed the eyes of the black, male buffalo that he had kept for seven and a half years.

To make sure the buffalo really can't see, the coconut shell is also covered with a long cloth.

Traditional sugar cane milling or what people call mangilang, has become the livelihood of residents of Nagari Puncak Lawang, Agam Regency, West Sumatra Province for generations. Including using buffalo power. Sugar cane is then processed into sugar cane.

According to Asrul, the buffalo's eyes must be completely closed or certainly cannot see, so he wants to walk around the grinding tool, so that the cane can be ground. If the eyes of a buffalo can still see, it is certain that he will not walk.

Black Si Power, Asrul's buffalo has been used for six years, or since he was only one and a half years old.

In order to maintain health and fitness, Black is only allowed to work for two hours. In addition to rotating sugar cane mills, it is also often used as an attraction for tourists who come.

There is no special food, except grass and sugar cane.

Although it has been criticized by tourists, because it is considered persecuting animals, Asrul admitted that this had been going on for generations.