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Hookah (Smoking pipe)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Hookah is always smoked by men in Haryana. A gathering of men where the hookah is smoked is known as baithak. After filling the chillum with tobacco and coal, the eldest member in the group would draw first and the chillum is always filled by the youngest male member. A room in the house that belongs to the eldest men of the family is also known as baithak in Haryana.
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Details
- Title: Hookah (Smoking pipe)
- Location: Balali, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana
- Type: Vastu (Object)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Rishav Jain, Ben Cartwright and Radha Devpura
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Earth (Terracotta), Metal (Brass & Copper), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
- Region: Ahirwal
- Metal Craft Technique: Bending, Fittings, Welding
- Earth Craft Technique: Firing
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