Cane and Bamboo-Allahabad
Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh is well known for its cane and bamboo work. Cane and Bamboo are the most commonly used materials to make furniture and house hold items which are essential for daily life. Artisans in Allahabad deliver high quality work through their products. Furniture frame is made with thick bamboo by heating, bending and joining. Finally, the frame is rounded with thin processed cane called 'Gola'. The tradition of cane and bamboo work started nearly 40 to 50 years back and carried from older generations to younger generations. Nearly 10 to 20 families engaged in producing cane and bamboo furniture. The artisans of Allahabad have their own distinct style of creating intricate designs. The motif patterns are created with their own imaginative idea and skill without using any traced design. The final products are produced to cater to the local need. The artisans get chance to display the products in Shilp melas and craft melas. Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh are the major cultivators of bamboo and producers of cane and bamboo products. Kanpur and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Hyderabad, Allahabad, are the some other places known for Cane and Bamboo work.
