2019-10-07 Mon

This handicraft has a widespread tradition all over the country. The history of this handicraft can be traced to the 2nd century AD. The furniture created by cane and bamboo features lucidness and comfort due to aesthetic beauty and appeal. It covers the wide expanded land rich in natural recourses such as Assam, Sikkim, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh.

The classical literature has talked about the huge bamboo and cane forest in these areas. Ptolemy talks about the hilly and marshes of came crown and used as bridges in the area of Assam. In Hashacharitra Bana also give evidence about the highly developed craft sent by King of Assam Bhaskara Varma to Emperor Harsha, the goodies were baskets of variously colored reeds, thick bamboo tube, and birds in the Bamboo cages.

This handicraft is mostly a household or cottage industry product. No mechanical process is used to produce it. This craftwork has provided part-time employment to cultivators in the lean season and full-time employment for the highly skilled artisans who produce the finest decorative baskets and Chalani.

In 2002 India Post has issued a series of four stamps in a miniature sheet. These stamps depicted different handicrafts one of them the Cane and Bamboo work. The stamp features a flower pot and jar made of cane and bamboo.

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