5247 x 3421 px | 44,4 x 29 cm | 17,5 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
15 febbraio 2009
Ubicazione:
Kerala Backwaters at Lake Vembanad, India
Altre informazioni:
BACK WATERS and kettuvallam”These water-bodies, rivers & lakes; together paved the way for a natural transporting system to connect one end ofThe Kerala state to the other .A boat building industry grew using materials available on the land.Using teak- wood and coir (rope) ; started manufacturing boats. Pieces of wood were tied with rope made out of coconut fibre. In the Malayalam language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam_language "kettu" means tying and “vallam” means country boat – the two together make the local name "kettuvallam”. Each houseboat is constructed using the ancient principles and techniques of boat building by the local carpenters using ‘Anjali` wood. Coir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coir ropes are used for tying the wooden boards togetherKettuvallam is a house boat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_boat widely used in the Indian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India state http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India of Kerala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala . These have thatched roof covers over wooden hulls.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettuvallam#cite_note-Book-0 The traditional kettuvallam is mainly used for promoting Kerala tourism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_tourism Hence these boats were named ‘Kettu-vallams’.