{"id":4010,"date":"2025-01-28T07:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2025-03-26T21:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:35:19","slug":"what-are-etikoppaka-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-are-etikoppaka-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Etikoppaka Toys?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Etikoppaka Toys Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, Andhra Pradesh&#8217;s eco-friendly wooden Etikoppaka Toys earn accolades at Republic Day parade.<\/p>\n<h2>About Etikoppaka Toys<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are known as <strong>Etikoppaka Bommalu<\/strong>, the exquisite wooden toys are rooted in a 400-year-old tradition of craftsmanship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> These are originating in Etikoppaka village in <strong>Andhra Pradesh,<\/strong> the toys are renowned for their smooth contours and vibrant colours.<\/li>\n<li>These toys are made out of wood and are <strong>coloured with natural dyes<\/strong> derived from seeds, lacquer, bark, roots and leaves.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The artisans mainly use the wood from <strong>trees known as &#8216;ankudu&#8217;<\/strong> (Wrightia Tinctoria) that is soft in nature.<\/li>\n<li>These toys have no sharp edges. They are rounded on all sides.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017, the toys received official recognition with a <strong>Geographical Indication (GI) tag,<\/strong> a hallmark of their authenticity and cultural significance.<\/li>\n<li>The Etikoppaka toys, with their vivid colours and timeless designs, have since gained international recognition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a sign used on products that have a <strong>specific geographical origin<\/strong> and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.<\/li>\n<li>In India, Geographical Indications registration is administered by the <strong>Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The first product in India to be accorded with GI tag was Darjeeling tea in the year 2004-05.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Etikoppaka Toys FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1: <\/strong>What are Etikoppaka toys famous for?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> These are crafted lacquered and have vibrant colors and rounded edges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> Etikoppaka toys are crafted in which state?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Andhra Pradesh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong> What are the uses of lacquer?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> It is fast drying, impervious to water, and maintains its transparency as it ages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/republic-day-andhra-pradesh-tableau-etikoppaka-wooden-toys-9800086\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etikoppaka Toys are known as Etikoppaka Bommalu, the exquisite wooden toys are rooted in a 400-year-old tradition of craftsmanship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4010","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\/4010","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=4010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}