Rowing and sailing the chhot in the creek

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:48 authored by Swarup BhattacharyyaSwarup Bhattacharyya

A villager (L) climbs back on board the chhot boat, having towed it to deeper water while oarsmen row the vessel towards the mouth of the creek, which debouches into the Rupnarayan river estuary.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Rights owner

Swarup Bhattacharyya

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-11-10

Unique ID

2022SG04-S01-1323

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Keywords

chhot creek rope sailing rowing

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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