This cylindrical medium bamboo pot is a product of Garo craftsmanship at its best in Meghalaya, India. The pot has a round base and plain body, talking about the values of the tribe for minimalist, functional, and sustainable lifestyles. It has been hand crafted from locally grown and available bamboo, deeply rooted into the daily lives and rituals of the Garo tribe. In fact, this is the type that has been predominantly used in Asia to represent the physical and metaphysical storage of grains, spices, fermented food, and liquids.
It is just a bamboo pot for storage of cereal grains and spices, fermented foods, and even liquids. Cylindrical shapes allow them to be space-saving and easy to handle; lightweight, breathable, and flame-retardant properties of bamboo make it one of the best practical replacements of plastics. Such types of bamboo pots are active for rituals as well as seasonal festivals, which signifies a conjoined cultural as well as practical meaning. The Garo are popular for many of their amazing works in bamboo and cane. From baskets to mats, fishing traps to household vessels and much more, they can make anything. The craft of making many of these items is generally done by men, while the ladies do decoration and finishing for the household. And this pot is bare-boned to show the aesthetic values of the tribe - utility over ornamental design yet coming out of it with one elegant natural finish. When united efforts are being put to save native crafts, this medium bamboo pot is more than just a sustainable way of life. It is also a culture-constituting mark of the Garo identity and the ecological wisdom it houses.