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Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge is a living root bridge in Meghalaya, India. It can be reached via trekking 45 kilometres (28 mi), or 6500 steps, from Cherrapunji. There is also a waterfall nearby. [1] Due to tourism, the health of the root bridge has degraded. [2] Meghalaya presented the root bridge at its 70th Republic Day ceremony.
Written documentation of living root bridges was sparse until the 2010s, but in 2017, researchers geo-located a total of 75 living root bridges. [9] Living root bridges have also been created in the Indian state of Nagaland, [10] in Indonesia at Jembatan akar on the island of Sumatra, and in the Banten province of Java, by the Baduy people. [11]
Rangthylliang 1 root bridge It is considered to be the longest living root bridge, at over 50 metres (160 ft) in length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The bridge, named after the village of Rangthylliang, where various other root bridges can also be found, [ 1 ] is situated 30 metres (98 ft) above the ground. [ 3 ]
Kongthong is a popular tourist destination known for the panoramic picturesque views and the unique culture of inhabitants who use the whistled language "Jingrwai Iawbei" and build the remarkable living root bridges. Tourists and language researchers from several nations, including America, Germany, and Japan flock here.
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Nongriat is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya State, in north-eastern India. [2] It is perhaps best known for its living root bridges; one an impressive double-decker suspension bridge called Jingkieng Nongriat. [2] The village has three functional root bridges. [3]
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Laitkynsew is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya State, in north-eastern India. [1] It is perhaps best known for its living root bridges.The Umnnoi living root bridge, known locally as Jingkieng Deingjri, which means 'bridge of the rubber tree', is 53 feet long and over 100 years old. [1]