An indigenous ritual of crop pest controlling from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is basically an agricultural country, having the weather, soil, and geographical conditions all favorable for that. Sri Lankans have had many indigenous rituals which they perform at various stages of growing crops. They are gradually fading away now, with the arrival of modern technology. But many of them have a sound scientific basis, there for it’s very advisable to study them thoroughly because of today’s environmental problems use of chemicals and machinery in agriculture.
Let’s get know one such ritual that Sri Lankans used to get rid of pest insects in paddy fields. This is how it’s done. In the house that belongs to one who has some paddy grown, a pot of milk rice [rice cooked with coconut milk extract] is prepared, with pieces of fruit mixed in, early in the morning. Then the farmer takes it to the paddy field and spreads it evenly on the paddy growth by hand. No one involved in this speaks during all this.
How do you think this rids the paddy field of insects? It’s simple. The milk rice and fruit pieces attract many birds to the field, some of them omnivorous. These birds take care of the milk rice and fruit as well as insects in the field. It’s a bio pest controlling.
This is originally used in paddy cultivation, but you can use it with other crops, even in your garden. This is applicable only on insects that attack crops before the emergence of harvest because otherwise the birds will eat the harvest too. You can also alter what you use to attract birds accordingly.