Bamboo has been around for a long, long time and it's uses have been wide and varied. From ancient times right through to modern day, bamboo has fascinated people with it's versatility.

From flooring to window shades; from fishing rods and clothing - bamboo amazes with it's varied and wide range of uses. A case study close to home: my neighbor decided he wanted to create some extra privacy to his home when an apartment development bordered his property. I suggested a row of bamboo along his fence line and he took my advice. Within a few short months, he had a thriving hedge of bamboo plants creating the privacy he was after. Problem solved.

Bamboo - A Way Of Life In Some Cultures

In many parts of the world bamboo provides the raw materials in people's day-to-day lives. These days, industry is also making use of bamboo, particularly in the construction area; house-frames, walls and roofs... you name it and bamboo can more than likely be adapted to it. What about music? Bamboo instruments have been making music right around the world; flutes, fiddles and drums, just to name three.

Some bamboo variety can shoot to 35 to 40 meters in height making them the largest grass species in the world. Some varieties will spring to just a half a meter but short or high, they produce woody perennial stems, a key to their much sought after use.

Bamboo Flooring

In recent years, western society has taken a shine to bamboo flooring. Providing a great finish and known for it's tough qualities, bamboo flooring has rapidly gained popularity during the past decade.

The use of bamboo flooring is catching the attention of environmentalists as an alternative to hardwoods. As a member of the grass family, its rate of growth is faster than most hardwood trees and is seen as a renewable resource. Additionally, the glues used to hold the layers of bamboo flooring together lacks many of the petroleum products used in most laminate flooring, making the materials biodegradable.

In addition to the strength and durability of bamboo flooring it is also being promoted as being more resistant to insects such as termites, which for some reason are not naturally attracted to this grassy growth.

Window Shades & Blinds

Window shades and window blinds; fishing equipment; food; decorative items such as mats and baskets and fashion. We haven't even scratched the surface.

Bamboo blinds have been around for a long, long time. You have probably seen these blinds before they became chic, bamboo matchsticks strung together horizontally, hanging on the outside of a home to shade a southern or western facing window.

Today's bamboo blinds have a modern twist. Modern technology flattens the bamboo canes and provides great uniformity in the width and shape of each individual can that is used to make up the blind. In addition, these natural window coverings are lined with light filtering fabrics and room darkening fabrics.

Bamboogalore.com will form part of your bamboo library with information and resources on this hardy plant and if you don't find the information your looking for here, then we can point you in the right direction to find the answers your looking for elsewhere.

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Bamboo Products Galore

What's happening in the world of bamboo? Has a new product made from this remarkable plant just been released?

With it's many wide and varied uses, bamboo is nature's plant decathlete. From food to decorative items; home improvement products to fashion, it continues to fascinate with it's versatility. Our growing article resource list covers many aspects of bamboo use.

More than ever today, bamboo is being pursued by home owners who recognize it's durable strengths along with it's eco-friendly reputation. For example, there are not too many surfaces for flooring as durable and tough as bamboo.

Bamboo clothing is also "shooting up the popular fabric charts" with it's ability to resist disease making it a popular choice compared to cotton which needs to be treated from conception.

At BambooGalore.com, were about keeping you up-to-date with the latest in the world of bamboo so make sure to check back often.

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The fact that bamboo is so long-lasting makes it a symbol of long life in China, while in India it symbolizes friendship. In contrast, due to its rare blossoming, the flowers are often regarded as a sign of imminent famine.

The bamboo plant is surrounded by a rich mythology. In the Andaman Islands, as well as other Asian cultures, there is a legendary belief that the humanity has emerged from a bamboo stalk. The Philippine creation myth states that the first bamboo stalk showed up on an island that was created after the great battle of the two elemental forces of Sky and Ocean. This stalk was the origin of the first man and first woman. A similar legend exists in the Malaysian mythology, where a man awakens after sleeping on a bamboo plant; then waking up and breaking it's stalk to discover a woman inside.

For the Chinese people, the bamboo, is held in high esteem, along with orchids, plum blossom and chrysanthemum. Each of these plants represents a season.  In Confucianism, each of them symbolizes a certain aspect of the junzi (noble person). The bamboo is also admired for its great resistance under harsh weather conditions, along with the pine tree and plum blossom. These three plants are referred to as the Three Friends of Winter.

A bamboo forest in Japan will form a barrier against evil.Bamboo is highly regarded and is incorporated into the language when ordering such things as sushi.

The bamboo holds an unique place in several Asian cultures and is regarded as a very special plant due to its unique characteristics. It is surrounded by a wide variety of symbols, all of which used to be very important in people's life during ancient times.

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Indians have used bamboo for expression of tribal art since ancient times. Bamboo masks adorning both mud houses and the homes of the rich along with a wide range of decorative items including mats and baskets are commonplace on the bamboo landscape. Even fisherman have adapted bamboo to their advantage.

Farmers and gardeners use colorful bamboo headgear while objects such as umbrella handles have been fashioned from this versatile plant. Add to this, furniture items to suit modern homes and you begin to get an idea of just how useful bamboo has been in the east.

Tripura, in north eastern India, is very famous for its bamboo works. There, bamboo use has been refined to such a fine art that finished products resemble something of an ivory finish. In Assam and Bengal,the manufacture of baskets and mats are synonymous with this area of India. Assam is rich in raw materials leading to the creation of some exceptionally beautiful bamboo crafts. Musical instruments, baskets, hukkas and mugs are just a small sample of end the bamboo product.

Elegant screens made of split bamboo are also a specialty in Tripura. Mizo baskets for storing rice are another popular bamboo craft with four long bamboo splinters at the corners. The baskets and mats manufactured in Bengal and Tripura look very similar.

Beautiful bamboo crafts are manufactured in Orissa as well. In Manipur you will find unusual baskets, with dome-shaped lids made from bamboo. Tamil Nadu is famous for its kora grass mats. However, the most aristocratic and delicate mats in the world are manufactured in Kerala. Attractive square bamboo boxes in a black and white design.

The western world has a long way to catch up in regard to bamboo use . However, during the last decade in particular, a lot of inroads have been made in adapting bamboo to western culture.

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