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Jaapi: The Assamese rain saviour that became a traditional state symbol
In Assam, no occasion, festival or celebration is complete without traditional aesthetics. And one such aesthetics is the locally found Jaapi or the conical hats that are often worn by people. From a ...
GUWAHATI: Imagine a hat that can provide shade to thousands of people simultaneously. Subhash Medhi, an artisan from Assam, has woven the world’s largest ‘jaapi’ (traditional Assamese headgear) that ...
Six traditional items from Assam, including Assamese Dhol and Jaapi, have received prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tags, granted by the Government of India’s Geographical Indication Registry.
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