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Use of Bamboo in Assam


In the North-East of India bamboo is used for 'everything'.


for bigger picture click on this photo Houses are build of wooden constructions, filled up with bamboo wattle-work, plastered with mud.



for bigger picture click on this photo Even doors are made of bamboo.



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for bigger picture click on this photo Big basket ...



for bigger picture click on this photo... or pots to keep the rice.



for bigger picture click on this photo Bamboo fish trap.



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for bigger picture click on this photoBasket making family.



for bigger picture click on this photo At the market.



for bigger picture click on this photo Big bamboo basket to transport straw.

Solid bamboo baskets protect young trees at the roadside against goats and cows .


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