The Sewn Boats of Kerala

The technique of assembly by lashings is one of the world's oldest for constructing boats. It was in use in Antiquity in Egypt and in Homeric Greece. In the present day, this method is still used in the Indian Ocean, most notably in India itself, at Kerala, where, nevertheless, the technique is unfortunately dying out.
This film takes us to Kerala on the Malabar Coast, and into a network of lakes and lagoons and canals known as The Backwaters, where the last of these "sewn" boats are still employed. We shall follow the work of traditional carpenters who continue to practise this ancient technique and begin to understand its subtleties.

[@Shmerpy]

Great to learn more about this area and these boats. I traveled the inland waterway in 1974. No big tourist boats then, fortunately. An amazing part of India, and the world, for that matter.

[@ananyalal7950]

Sanjeev Sanyal talk got me here. Wonderful! So much of our history left out in school! :(

[@brianskinner5711]

The hallmark of old wisdom and craft: Patience and persistence. Very interesting, thanks for sharing this.

[@sajeerebrahim]

Wonder how didn't you reach Calicut, once a hub of ship building like Dhows, Sanbuks etc. Ship building units are still in operation in Beypore in Calicut. Remnants of Taek wood, which is a native of Malabar coast, was found from Sumeria shows the ancient craftmanship of these people.

[@raconteurhermit1533]

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[@Olive_Chap]

Thnx to Sanjeev Sanyal that we ll be able to document last remaining techniques

[@BlensonPaul]

I think these are more sophisticated than the modern ones..

[@rpsimoes1382]

It's almost incredible....Thanks for share !

[@jeyahash25]

Catamaram is a Tamil word. Nearly 5000 years old. Ancient Tamil people used catamaram

[@unni.m1959]

Kattamaram*

[@jjohn6137]

I'm a keralite, thank you

[@martyshettlesworth3314]

GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP !!

[@fitlit]

The colonization of India resulted in her shipping industry being destroyed.

[@joeandrews9787]

I have seen the same concepts sewing (lashing together of timbers from the Pandana tree to make their sail boats used for fishing ) in the Republic of the Kiribati Islands in Central Pacific (Micronesia)

[@ValeriyCarpenter]

Отличное видео, спасибо!+

[@francispimmel595]

I am very disapointed that no mention was made in this documentary about the canoes of Oceania, which were constructed using lahings. A prime example are the canoes of Kiribati which not only are planked and lashed but with a hull nearly similar to those boats in Kerala. Further more, plank built and lashed were the canoes of Samoa, Salomon Islands and a few others. It needs to be mention as well that all the components making the ancient large Polynesian double hull voyaging canoes which crossed the vastness of the Pacific were all lashed together.

[@woodpeckerbinojpathrose3068]

Thanks

[@matthieuseassau6574]

Very interesting! Thank you very much.

[@xerepapeti9642]

I am interested to this Do you guide me to understand ability of this boat?and if it is strong to heavy weather and big waves?because I looking to make a boat in ancient way an circumnavigation and cruising the ocean

[@aliakbar1980]

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[@raconteurhermit1533]

Discover the art and legacy of crafting Sewen STITCHED ships, a tradition deeply woven into India's maritime history. Find out how India has a five thousand years old maritime traditions involving trade, cultural exchange, exploration and naval campaigns on both coasts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJSle3aMrb1_hKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZemiIh4jaytqqs

[@mikepenny3169]

Fascinating.

[@johnbooth1110]

Is the cordage flax ,

[@grenouillesscent]

Why does the boat have to be so huge

[@agnelov_thomas4754]

❤

[@davidzu2804]

人黑；鸟更黑！--那么，当官的呢？如果入了裆；肯定非常黑！！！

[@meenamuthu3756]

Chinese have such twisted brain.No wonder Chinese government has no issue herding all their people to do whatever they want.No self thought.Hope you have brains to decipher what I am saying😅😅😅😅

[@meenamuthu3756]

You can educate a racist.Hope you not a moron and racists definately no hope😂😂😂😂

[@marybrooks859]

These boats go back to ancient Egypt,they keep denying it because they were Nubian!

[@MMM-fo5go]

Bullshit! Those are European!

[@unni.m1959]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 countless morons in one place...!!!

[@unni.m1959]

@@momentousmanav ignore these fools. India is a silent country. Almost a blank canvas. That's why fools always try to sh!£ all over it like this. Indians don't care about own history. So others take the opportunity to create their own narrative and impose it. If indians don't try to ' claim ' whatever that is yours, you will be left with no real history.

[@davidzu2804]

到处都是椰子树；肯定椰子汁吃不完！！！--其造船也太落后！！新三年；旧三年；修修补补又三年！！！！可怜的老黑啊！！！

[@aeroplay9939]

That's racist

[@unni.m1959]

@@aeroplay9939 these kind of channels are perfect place to find racist people. that's a fact actually..!

[@user-th4ch4ky3g]

This is the same region where there is a most modern shipping yard called Cochin shipyard limited that built India's first aircraft carrier so you should speak if you know something or shut the fuck up and this is india, i don't know where you think this is.