Documentation of the Millenary Technology of the Boats of Bengal

$57.5K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Bangladesh
Start Date	Sep 21, 2006
End Date	Jul 24, 2008
Duration	672 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77072-48`

Grant Description

To enable the preservation of the craft of making riverine country boats by documenting the traditional methods and by preserving a few examples of the boats.

There are over 60 different shapes of hulls designed to suit particular geographic areas, and the technique of creating them is unique.

The project will record the ancient craft from the last generation of marine carpenters along the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers.