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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9739660, member: 8267"]Certainly looks like it. Not something I have encountered before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some more information:</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b><b>Ara Palang, the ancestor of the hip flask</b></b></font></p><p>Ara palang is a bamboo container used by the Bhutanese as a wine container for many centuries. It is decorated with woven Yula and stitched well with cane thread on top and bottom. The people in eastern Bhutan are widely known for using it to store and offer alcohol to their guests even to this day. Some people use it as a decorative item in their homes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]476042[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://tasteofbhutan.com/tsharzo-the-art-of-bamboo-weaving-in-bhutan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tasteofbhutan.com/tsharzo-the-art-of-bamboo-weaving-in-bhutan/" rel="nofollow">https://tasteofbhutan.com/tsharzo-the-art-of-bamboo-weaving-in-bhutan/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9739660, member: 8267"]Certainly looks like it. Not something I have encountered before. Here is some more information: [SIZE=4] [B][B]Ara Palang, the ancestor of the hip flask[/B][/B][/SIZE] Ara palang is a bamboo container used by the Bhutanese as a wine container for many centuries. It is decorated with woven Yula and stitched well with cane thread on top and bottom. The people in eastern Bhutan are widely known for using it to store and offer alcohol to their guests even to this day. Some people use it as a decorative item in their homes. [ATTACH=full]476042[/ATTACH] [URL]https://tasteofbhutan.com/tsharzo-the-art-of-bamboo-weaving-in-bhutan/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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