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A replica of the bridge has been made in Nongriat in Cherrapunji to present the Khansi and Jaiñtia peoples' craft of building bridges from the secondary roots of trees. [3] These living bridges are grown from a special type of rubber tree. As the roots grow, so the strength of the bridge increases. [4] The root bridges are honoured as the ...
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 ]
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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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