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Meat (pork / wild boar meat!) cooked in a bamboo in Arunachal Pradesh. They cut out the choicest pieces of cooking and place them within a hollow bamboo, sealing off the bamboo from the other end. The hollowed-out bamboo sticks are then placed next to the fire, for slow cooking, with an earthy flavour and fragrance being introduced and retained in the meat. Bamboo is a most versatile resource, and is greatly valued among the Apatani people. Almost every family has their own nursery of bamboo plants, where they grow a unique species that was imported from central Asia centuries ago. Bamboo is used not only for building, but also for cooking, eating and basket making. By growing their own bamboo in private reserves, the Apatani are able to quickly harvest bamboo when required for constructio