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Bamboo
Bamboo is a flowering plant and the largest member of the grass family. This hollow plant is one of the fastest growing plant species in the world, and serves important cultural and economic roles in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia thanks to its versatility as a building material and as a food source.
587 Questions
There are two primary methods for hardening bamboo.
Method #1. Once the bamboo is cut from the forest and brought to the house, it can be laid out to dry and age. This will produce a hard bamboo.
Method #2. Once the bamboo is cut and shaped, it can be placed in or very near a fire, which soon boils out the moisture. If this is done until the bamboo is totally dry, it produces a very hard bamboo.
Are toothpicks made of bamboo?
Toothpicks can be made from a variety of substances, such as wood, plastic, bamboo, metal, or bone.
A house made of bamboo.
There's also many restaurants with that name.
alright lets talk here how in the world can bamboo like humitidy i mean they cant talk wat u sayin they talk but in there own silent language i mean come ppl get wit da program
When can you plant lucky bamboo in Montana?
well Montana has unfirtle soil and the land doesnt provide well lucky bamboo growing. however regular bamboo grows fine there
How do pandas survive without bamboo?
This is the primary food source of pandas, so surviving without bamboo growing within their range would be extremely difficult. They might hold on to life by fishing in mountain streams and collecting wild berries and fruit, and gobbling down leaves and scavenging weeds. Pandas without bamboo is an equivalent of the Irish Potato Famine, so they would not last very long. Unfortunately, this has actually happened, and the population dropped a few hundred.
bamboo can be recycled by building materials and making plants and also plastic can operners and a display! :P
What is a bamboo loving critter?
if your actually asking this question your an idiot! it's a panda of coarse!
Can you clean a bamboo floor with steam?
You should never steam clean a bamboo floor because it will cause damage to the floor. You should also never use oil soaps or abrasive cleaners. Select a product that is made for cleaning wood floors and apply it with a microfiber mop, then quickly wipe it dry with a soft cloth.
Do pandas climb bamboo stalks?
Yes, pandas are adept climbers and can climb bamboo stalks to access leaves and shoots for food. They have a special adaptation in their wrist bone that functions like a thumb to help them grip the bamboo.
What is the summary of the Pliant like a bamboo?
Pliant Like the Bamboo
There is a story in Philippine folklore about a mango tree and a bamboo tree. Not being able to agree as to which was the stronger of the two, they called upon the wind to make the decision.
The wind blew hardest. The mango tree stood fast. It would not yield. It knew it was strong and sturdy. It would not sway. It was too proud. It was too sure of itself. But finally its root gave way, and it tumbled down.
The bamboo tree was wiser. It knew it was not as robust as the mango tree. And so every time the wind blew, it bent its head gracefully. It made loud protestations, but let the wind have its way. When finally the wind got tired of blowing, the bamboo tree still stood in all its beauty and grace.
The Filipino is like the bamboo tree. He knows that he is not strong enough, to withstand the onslaught of superior forces. And so he yields. He bends his head gracefully with many loud protestations.
And he has survived. The Spaniards came and dominated him for more than three hundred years. And, when the Spaniards left, the Filipinos still stood-only much richer in experience and culture.
The Americans took place of the Spaniards. They used more subtle means of winning over the Filipinos to their mode of living and thinking. The Filipinos embraced the American way of life more readily than the Spaniard's vague promises hereafter.
Then the Japanese came like a storm, like a plague of locusts, like a pestilence-rude, relentless, cruel. The Filipino learned to bow his head low, to "cooperate" with the Japanese in their "holy mission of establishing the Co-Prosperity Sphere." The Filipino had only hate and contempt for the Japanese, but he learned to smile sweetly at them and to thank them graciously for their "benevolence and magnanimity".
And now that the Americans have come back and driven away the Japanese, those Filipinos who profited most from cooperating with the Japanese have been loudest in their protestations of innocence. Everything is as if the Japanese had never been in the Philippines.
For the Filipino would welcome any kind of life that the gods would offer him. That is why he is contented and happy and at peace. The sad plight of other people of the world is not his. To him, as to that ancient Oriental poet, the past is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision; but today, well-lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and tomorrow is a vision of hope.
This may give you the idea that the Filipino is a philosopher. Well he is. He has not evolved a body of philosophical doctrines. Much less has he put them down into a book, like Kant for example, or Santayana or Confucius. But he does have a philosophical outlook on life.
He has a saying that life is like a wheel. Sometimes it is up, sometimes it is down. The monsoon season comes, and he has to go undercover. But then the sun comes out again. The flowers bloom, and the birds sing in the trees. You cut off the branches of a tree, and, while the marks of the bolo* are still upon it, it begins to shoot forth-new branches-branches that are the promise of new color, new fragrance, and new life.
Everywhere about him is a lesson in patience and forbearance that he does not have to learn with difficulty. For the Filipino lives in a country on which the gods lavished their gifts aplenty. He does not have to worry about the morrow. Tomorrow will be only another day-no winter of discontent. Of he loses his possessions, there is the land and there is the sea, with all the riches that one can desire. There is plenty to spar-for friends, for neighbors and for everyone else.
No woner that the Filipino can afford to laugh. For the Filipino is endowed with saving grace of humor. This humor is earthly as befits one who has not indulged in deep contemplation. But it has enabled the Filipino to shrug his shoulders in times of adversity and say to himself "Bahala na"*.
The Filipino has often been accused of being indolent and of lacking initiative. And he has answered back* that no one can help being indolent and lacking in initiative who lives under the torrid sun which saps the vitality.
This seeming lack of vitality is, however, only one og his means of survival. He does not allow the world to be too much with him. Like the bamboo tree, he lets the winds of chance and circumstance blow all about him; and he is unperturbed and serene.
The Filipino, in fact, has a way of escaping from the rigorous problems of life. Most of his art is escapist in nature. His forefathers wallowed in the *moro-moro, the awit, and the kurido. They loved to identify themselves as gallant knights battling for the favors of fair ladies or the possession of hallowed place. And now he himself loves to be lost in the throes and modern romance and adventure.
His gallantry towards women-especially comely women-is a manifestation of his romantic turn of mind. Consequently, in no other place in Orient are women so respected, so adulated, and so pampered. For his women have enabled the Filipinos to look upon the vicissitudes of fortune as the bamboo tree regards the angry blasts of the blustering wind.
The Filipino is eminently suited to his romantic role. He is slender and wiry. He is nimble and graceful in his movements, his voice is soft, and h has the gift of language. In what other place in the world can you find a people who can carry on a fluent conversation in at least *three languages?
This gift is another means by which the Filipino as managed to survive. There is no insurmountable barrier between him and any of the people who have come to live with him-Spanish, American, and Japanese. The foreigners do not have learn his language. He easily manages to master theirs.
Verily, the Filipino is like the bamboo tree. In its grace, in its ability to adjust itself to the peculiar and inexplicable whims of fate, the bamboo tree is his expressive and symbolic national tree, it will have to be, not the molave or the narra, but the bamboo.
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There is a story in Philippine folklore about a mango tree and a bamboo tree. Not being able to agree as to which was strongest of the two, they called upon the wind to make the decision.
The winds blew its hardest. The mango tree stood fast. It would not yield. It knew it was strong and sturdy. It would not sway. It was too proud. It was too sure of itself. But finally its roots gave way, and it tumbled down.
The bamboo tree was wiser. It knew it was not as robust as the mango tree. And so every time the wind blew, it bent its head gracefully. It made loud protests, but it let the winds have its way. When finally the wind got tired of blowing, the bamboo tree still stood in all its beauty and grace.
The Filipino is like the bamboo. He knows that he is not strong enough to withstand the onslaughts of superior forces. And so he yields. He bends his head gracefully with many loud protests.
And he has survived. The Spaniards came and dominated him for more than three hundred years. And when the Spaniards left, the Filipinos still stood-only much richer in experience and culture.
The Americans took the place of the Spaniards. They used more subtle means of winning over the Filipinos who embraced the American way of life more readily than the Spaniards' vague promise of the hereafter.
Then the Japanese came like a storm, like a plaque of locusts, like a pestilence rude, relentless and cruel. The Filipino learned to bow his head low to "cooperate" with the Japanese in their "holy mission of establishing the Co-Prosperity Sphere." The Filipino had only hate and contempt for the Japanese, but he learned to smile sweetly at them and to thank them graciously for their "benevolence and magnanimity."
And now that the Americans have come back and driven away the Japanese, those Filipinos who profited most from cooperating with the Japanese have been loudest in their protestations of innocence. Everything is as if the Japanese had never been in the Philippines.
For the Filipino will welcome any kind of life that the gods offer him. That is why, he is contented, happy and at peace.
The sad plight of other peoples of the world is not his. To him, as to that ancient Oriental poet, the past is already a dream and tomorrow in only a vision but today, well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow, a vision of hope. In like manner, the Filipino regards vicissitudes of fortune as the bamboo tree regards the angry blasts of the blustering wind.
The Filipino is eminently suited to his romantic role. He is slender and wiry. He is nimble and graceful in his movements. His voice is soft, and he has the gift of languages. In what other place in the world can you find people who can carry on a fluent conversation in at least three languages?
This gift is another means by which the Filipino has managed to survive. There in no insurmountable barrier between him and any of the people who have come to live with him-Spanish, Americans, Japanese. The foreigners do not have to learn his language. He easily manages to master theirs.
Verily, the Filipino is like the bamboo tree. In its grace, in its ability to adjust itself to the peculiar and inexplicable whims to fate, the bamboo tree is his expressive and symbolic national tree. It will have to be, not the molave nor the narra, but the bamboo
It is an essay written by a Filipino. The essay contains description of Filipinos being reflected by the characteristics of a bamboo. As the title says, Pliant like a Bamboo, Filipinos are described as flexible individuals that can withstand pressure from the different invaders that visited their country.
How do you tell if bamboo is dead?
You will know if a bamboo is dead if you wait a few minutes. If it doesn't move then it is dead. If it moves even a inch then it is alive. Some Pandas pretend like they are dead because the Pandas think you are going to kill them. That's how you know if a Panda is dead or if it is not dead and it is pretending.
explain about bamboo bridge. how made bamboo bridge. what are the uses fo bamboo bridge
What is the bamboo blind by seema jena about?
bamboo blind is about an Indian girl who lives in a conservative family. no education, freedom for women. when she gets marry with a man who lives in Manchester, she expects that she escapes these conservative ideas of hiding women behind the bamboo blind.
Are bamboo shrimp freshwater shrimp?
Bamboo shrimp are strictly freshwater, and can only tolerate mildly brackish water at worst. However, their young cannot survive in fresh water, and require salt water until they mature from their larval form.
