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Hookhi | Smoking pipe
Details
Category: Vastu
Location: Pai, Kaithal, Haryana
Cultural region: Nardak
Materials: Earth (Terracotta, Copper), Metal (Brass), Wood
Earth craft technique: Firing
Metal craft technique: Bending, Casting, Fittings, Welding
Wood craft technique: Turning
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
A smoking pipe smaller in size than a hookah is known as hookhi. It is smoked only by elderly women in Haryana. This hookhi was smoked by a woman twice a day, after every meal, while sitting on patadi (floor seat).
