A Bridge Made of Grass

bbc.co.uk

71 points·murkle··12 comments

I don't know why I expected some kind of naturally formed bridge made out of grass. Pretty cool tradition, but it is rope made out of grass.

What you imagined do exist. They use them to allow animals to migrate across highways without putting them in danger.

See this: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/banffs-famed-wildl...

I wouldn't really call that naturally formed in the sense GP was talking about - any more than a building with a green roof, at least

There are bridges made from living roots in India[1], some of them longer than 50 meters.

[1] https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapunge...

Now that is awesome. Thank you for sharing this.

This reminds me of a bridge in Cambodia. It was made of bamboo and every year the Mekong washed it away. https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/indochinapursuit/koh-pae...

Tradition dictates that only men are allowed to work on the making of the bridge itself. Women remain in the upper part of the gorge, weaving the smaller ropes.

dudes, WTF?

Neat, but think article title is trying to make this seem alot more interesting than it is. Rope bridges are common

How many rope bridges have been rebuilt every year for the last 600+ years? I find that extremely interesting.

From the article:

> The Q'eswachaka bridge is woven by hand and has been in place for at least 600 years. [...] The tradition has been passed on from generation to generation with every adult in the communities on either side gathering to bring new life to the crossing. [...] The reconstruction of Q'eswachaka takes place once a year, [...]

god I read 'of Glass'..

There are several glass bridges in China.

Well I'd have loved some links :)

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