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2. Incense in India - Wikipedia

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   Incense being sold in a market in Bangalore. India is the world's main incense producing country, [1] [2] and is also a major exporter to other countries. [3] In India, incense sticks are called Agarbatti (Agar: from Dravidian [4] [5] Tamil அகில் (agil), அகிர் (agir), [6] Sanskrit varti, meaning "stick". [7]

3. Incense - Wikipedia

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   Incense sticks, also known as agarbattī (Hindi: अगरबत्ती) and joss sticks, in which an incense paste is rolled or moulded around a bamboo stick, are the main forms of incense in India. The bamboo method originated in India and is distinct from the Nepali, Tibetan, and Japanese methods of stick making without bamboo cores.

4. Mysore Agarbathi - Wikipedia

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   The making of incense sticks, also called 'agarbathi' in Hindi, became an organised industry in Bangalore during the 1900s and was locally known as oodabathies (blowing fumes). The incense sticks were very simple to manufacture, as it was only a paste of natural ingredients mixed with charcoal and Gijit, and rolled on to bamboo sticks.

5. Bambooworking - Wikipedia

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   Bamboo yarn can also be blended with other textile fibres, such as hemp or spandex. Bamboo is an alternative to plastic that is renewable and can be replenished at a fast rate. Modern clothing labeled as being made from bamboo is usually viscose rayon, a fiber made by dissolving the cellulose in the bamboo, and then extruding it to form fibres ...

6. Lathi (stick) - Wikipedia

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   Indian police officer with a lathi stick. The lathi (in Hindi/Nepali: लाठी, Tamil: லத்தி, Bengali: লাঠি, Urdu: لاٹھی, Sinhalese: ලති) is a bamboo stick used by the police in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

7. Bamboo shoot - Wikipedia

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   Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and broths. They are sold in various processed shapes and are available in fresh, dried, and canned versions.