{"id":31729,"date":"2025-04-05T04:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31729"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:48:54","slug":"kannadipaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kannadipaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kannadipaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kannadipaya Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Kannadippaya, a unique tribal handicraft from Kerala, recently received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, ensuring market protection and a global platform for this traditional product.<\/p>\n<h2>About Kannadipaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>traditional craft from Kerala<\/strong> that <strong>uses reed bamboo<\/strong> to weave baskets, mats, and other daily use items.<\/li>\n<li>Kannadipaya, <strong>crafted by Urali, Mannan, and Muthuvan tribal communities<\/strong>, is <strong>made using<\/strong> Teinostachyum wightii (a s<strong>pecies of bamboo<\/strong>), which the tribal people call \u2018njoonjiletta.<\/li>\n<li>The mat has a <strong>polished surface<\/strong>, which is <strong>smooth and reflects light like a mirror<\/strong>. Hence, the name kannadipaya (kannadi meaning mirror and paya meaning mat).<\/li>\n<li>The mat \u2014 which usually measures 0.75-1.0 m \u00d7 2 m \u2014 is so flexible that it can be rolled up into a culm of bamboo less than 10 cm in diameter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It takes more than a <strong>month for a weaver to complete<\/strong> a kannadipaya.<\/li>\n<li>It is woven with a specific layer of slivers \u2013 the fourth or fifth, which can be made ultra-thin and shiny \u2013 split out of a reed bamboo species endemic to the region.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The bamboo collection is a full-moon ritual, with each expedition to the forest and back extending to a day and night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kannadipaya FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is Kannadipaya?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is a traditional craft from Kerala that uses reed bamboo to weave baskets, mats, and other daily use items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Which tribal communities are traditionally involved in making Kannadipaya?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Urali, Mannan, and Muthuvan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. How long does it take to weave a single Kannadipaya?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. One month or more<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/kannadippaya-gets-gi-tag-anchoring-tribal-craft-on-global-map\/article69408207.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kannadipaya is a traditional craft from Kerala that uses reed bamboo to weave baskets, mats, and other daily use items. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}