Olia

Type of closed vessel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oḷiā (Odia: ଓଳିଆ) is a closed vessel made up of straw or bamboo.[1] Traditionally it is used to store rice and other corns.[2][3] It is also used in different tribal areas of Odisha and other states of India.[4][5]

An olia exhibited at Tribal festival Bhubaneswar

Construction

An Olia in Karnataka made up of Grass

First ropes are made by the straw. The ropes are tightened in such a way that it looks like round shaped and called as a Mora. Lapping one mora above another makes a round shaped vessel.

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