<h2>The Bamboo and Its Uses</h2>

                        Bamboo Tree

                               The bamboo is a kind of grass. It is a very hard and tall grass. There is hardly any village in Bangladesh where it is not found.                 

                             The bamboo grows very tall. It grows about forty feet high or even higher. The stem is hollow within. There are joints in the stem. Its tom is thin and it bends under the weight of many twigs. It grows in clumps and the clumps make dense forest. When tender, it is green. When mature, it turns yellow. Its leaves are long and narrow. 

                            There are many kinds of bamboo. There are Tala, Barra, Muli etc. The bamboos of Burma are the best. The bamboo grows in hot countries. It grows largely in Bangladesh. It also grows abundantly in Assam in India, China, Japan, Mexico and Australia. The bamboo often grows wild and needs on cutlivation. It does not grow from seeds.

                                                                A Instrument made with Bamboo
                                                                         Using to keep Fish

                            The bamboo is widely used in our country and in many other countries of the world. It is very useful because it is both light and strong. Thatched houses in our country are built mainly with bamboo. From posts and walls to the framework of the roof, bamboo forms the chief material of a thatched house. Various useful items of furniture such as chairs, benches, sofas, shelves, baskets and boxes are made of bamboo. Very durable fencing can be made of split bamboos. Thin but hard pieces of bamboo are used as sticks or latish. These latish were once the commonest weapons inour village. High pandals are often built with bamboo in city parks and maidans. In building lofty structures, it is used by the masons as support. Ladders made of bamboo are used to get at things which are too high for us.               

                            Some agricultural implements are also made of it. It is also used for making fishing rods, rods of umbrellas and pulp for paper. Bamboo is also used for decorative purposes. Split bamboo is woven into frameworks and formed into arches which are placed at the gates and covered with colored paper, flowers and creepers on festival occasions. It is also suitable for making flutes and pipes. The Tazia displayed during Muharram is made of bamboo. Dry bamboo and its dry leaves are often used as fuel.    

                             

                 The bamboo is very useful and is a good source of income to our villages. But it has some demerits also. We should not grow bamboo clumps very near our houses because they pollute air and are likely to cause harm to our health. Moreover, large snakes very often live in the bamboo clumps. However, the bamboo is a great friend to our countrymen from the cradle to the grave.