The
Mekong River ends at her nine large mouths
Her
epic ode her long current roars aloud
Nguyên Sa
To the Friends of the Mekong Group
NGÔ THẾ VINH
THE HIGH WATER SEASON IN THE MEKONG DELTA
It is in the
age-old cyclical flow of the Mekong River marked by the High Water Season and
the Receding Water Season that the eco-system of that river’s basin finds its
natural equilibrium. Dohamide Đỗ Hải Minh, a Chăm scholar and a regular
contributor to the Bách Khoa Magazine prior to 1975, saw life and grew up in
the Hậu Giang Châu Đốc area. Well-informed about the eco-system of the Mekong
Delta, he remarked that over the decades the local inhabitants are used to the
annual floods, also known as the “High Water Season” and considered them a
natural phenomenon that comes periodically.