Being Nostalgic with Charpoi,

As I enter my village, I remember my childhood days, When people used to crush the _munja grass using a wooden heavy hammer under a PIPAL tree(My father had planted that PIPAL tree, the villagers used to call it Suraj Mal’s tree)at the entrance of the village. In our village natural fiber is used in making household and daily use items like chhaaja, baskets to feed . Knitting ropes is a traditional venture in our village  though. When I was a kid village people used to weave rope with the help of _munja grass, sheep wool, cotton, jute, and even the human hair .   Yes, human hair my grandma and all ladies used to store their hairs (comb hairs, during combing and making bun) into a terra-cota pan. My grandfather and my uncle used to spun them with drop-down spindles and ,the village weaver made sacs using that spanned yarn. The sacs were used on camel back to carry grains and p other farm implements in the farm. 

_munja charpai, wooden rope bed  very soothing without mattresses. _munja grass ready to be crushed _munja grass Woven Rope Bed

it is  lightweight wood bed with tightly woven rope mattress. Similar to a hammock we think our woven rope bed is an excellent choice for afternoon naps in the sun. charpoi,the  handmade beds are an ancient furniture style still used extensively today throughout India. Traditionally one would lie directly on top of the ropes without a mattress. They were most often built of natural woods, but were sometimes elaborately painted in brilliant colors and patterns. References to them can be found as far back as the 14th Century, when Islamic explorer Batuta describes them "every traveler should have his own bed, which his slave carries about on his head. Consist(ing) of four conical legs, between they plait a sort of ribbon of silk or cotton. When you lie on it you need nothing else to render the bed sufficiently elastic." Our woven rope beds are built by hand, much as they have been for many hundreds of years. The frame is constructed from solid Margosa wood using mortise and tenon joinery. The art of weaving the rope mattress is called manjaa unena. This process starts with the tying of a Jee (Life Knot) at one corner of the bed, followed by the main weave and finally the addition of the tension strings. The finishing process of tightening is rigorous and repeated many times in order to get the tension perfect. XOXI