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Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge in 2015. 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 ...
A root bridge in Burma Village, East Khasi Hills, being developed without the aid of a scaffold (2016) Some living root bridges are created entirely by manipulating the roots of the rubber fig tree by hand, and without the aid of a scaffolding or any other natural or human-made materials. [15]
Rangthylliang 1 root bridge is a living root bridge in Cherrapunji region, Meghalaya, northeast India. 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 ...
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.
[1] The hybrid bridge of Nongriat. 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]
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