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Hookah | Smoking pipe
Details
Category: Vastu
Location: Balali, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana
Cultural region: Ahirwal
Materials: Earth (Terracotta, Copper), Metal (Brass), Wood
Metal craft technique: Bending, Fittings, Welding
Earth craft technique: Firing
Wood craft technique: Carving, Joinery, Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
Hookah is always smoked by men in Haryana. A gathering of men where the hookah is smoked is known as baithak. After filling the chillum with tobacco and coal, the eldest member in the group would draw first and the chillum is always filled by the youngest male member. A room in the house that belongs to the eldest men of the family is also known as baithak in Haryana.
