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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Amrit Dhillon in Delhi

‘The knowledge of our elders’: India’s living root bridges submitted to Unesco

Tourists visit the double-decker living root bridge in Nongriat village, Meghalaya.
Tourists visit a doubledecker living root bridge in Nongriat village, Meghalaya. Photograph: David Talukdar/Alamy

India’s famous living bridges – the roots of trees coaxed and stretched into the form of a suspension bridge over a river – have been submitted to Unesco’s tentative list for the coveted world heritage site status.

The mountainous state of Meghalaya in the north-east has more than 100 such bridges in 70 villages, unique structures created by a combination of nature and human ingenuity.

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