bridges built with living roots in india

In northeastern India , there are areas like Cherrapunji, one of the most rainy and humid areas of the planet. As we well exemplified in the blog, where it rains a lot (a good example is the island of Yakushima ), and high humidity, vegetation grows like mushrooms (or with fungi), and abound that compete for light and trees land in the form of roots.
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In the area of Cherrapunji , state of Meghalaya , the roots do not stop growing and growing. A...nd the locals, especially the Khasi tribe, have taken advantage of the roots to build “live” bridges:

double decker living root bridge shillong
Sometimes I wonder which is the best article or post on my blog . To taste the colors never tell which. I have over 1700 entries very different and varied. I’d settle for having one post, as magnificent as the following . As the one with the blog ( Living root bridges ), and only one entry, but simply great and wonderful. alive Bridges made from roots in the depths of northeastern India. In Cherrapunji one of the wettest places on earth. Place inhabited by Khasi, warlike tribe of the state of Meghalaya .

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Bridges roots that will not stop growing, some of which are over a hundred feet long. It takes between 10 and 15 years to be fully functional, and become extremely resistant. Over time are gaining strength even to support the weight of fifty or more people at once. they are used daily by the people of the villages around Cherrapunji and some have more than five hundred years old. There is also an even more strange and only. There are actually two bridges stacked one above the other and is known as the root bridge of Umshiang double floor.

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