{"id":7769,"date":"2020-05-05T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2020-05-05T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T06:37:30","slug":"gi-tag-for-manipur-black-rice-and-gorakhpur-terracotta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/gi-tag-for-manipur-black-rice-and-gorakhpur-terracotta\/","title":{"rendered":"GI tag for Manipur black rice and Gorakhpur terracotta"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\" data-alignment=\"left\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Geography<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kj1bcdn.b-cdn.net\/media\/30845\/black-rice-1.jpg\" alt=\"Manipur Black Rice 'Chakhao' Gets Geographical Indication (GI) Tag\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 Chak-Hao, the black rice of Manipur and the Gorakhpur terracotta have bagged the Geogrphical Indication (GI) tag.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ricebazaar.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Add-a-heading-5-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"11 {AMAZING and NATURAL} Black rice BENEFITS (liver,heart,eyes,skin)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>AboutChak-Hao:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chak-Hao, a scented glutinous rice which has been in cultivation in Manipur over centuries, is characterised by its special aroma. It is normally eaten during community feasts and is served as Chak-Hao kheer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chak-Hao has also been used by traditional medical practitioners as part of traditional medicine. According to the GI application filed, this rice takes the longest cooking time of 40-45 minutes due to the presence of a fibrous bran layer and higher crude fibre content.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 At present, the traditional system of Chak-Hao cultivation is practised in some pockets of Manipur. Direct sowing of pre-soaked seeds and also transplantation of rice seedlings raised in nurseries in puddled fields are widely practised in the State\u2019s wetlands.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Terracotta:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images1.livehindustan.com\/uploadimage\/library\/2020\/05\/03\/16_9\/16_9_1\/_1588487714.jpg\" alt=\"terracotta craft of gorakhpur got intellectual property status cm ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The terracotta work of Gorakhpur is a centuries-old traditional art form, where the potters make various animal figures like, horses, elephants, camel, goat, ox, etc. with hand-applied ornamentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Some of the major products of craftsmanship include the Hauda elephants, Mahawatdar horse, deer, camel, five-faced Ganesha, singled-faced Ganesha, elephant table, chandeliers, hanging bells etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The entire work is done with bare hands and artisans use natural colour, which stays fast for a long time. There are more than 1,000 varieties of terracotta work designed by the local craftsmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The craftsmen are mainly spread over the villages of Aurangabad, Bharwalia, Langadi Gularia, Budhadih, Amawa, Ekla etc. in Bhathat and Padri Bazar, Belwa Raipur, Jungle Ekla No-1, Jungle Ekla No-2 in Chargawan block of Gorakhpur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Geography Why in news? \u2022 Chak-Hao, the black rice of Manipur and the Gorakhpur terracotta have bagged the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7770,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions\/7770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}