World's first Bamboo guitar to be launched in Nagaland

The first ever bamboo guitar will be launched on the occasion of 'World Bamboo Day' at the state-level celebration of the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre (NBRC) in Dimapur, Nagaland.

 The much anticipated 'Bamboo Guitar' is made of laminated strips of the bamboo species 'Bambusa Tulda' and 'Schizostachyum Dullooa.' Bambusa Tulda is also called 'Khoprei/Rietho' in Angami or 'Longmei' in Ao dialect and the electric guitar is made out of this.

The box guitar is a combination of Bambusa Tulda and Schizostachyum Dullooa. Schizostachyum Dullooa is Anih in Ao and Ah in Phom dialect.

The one working behind the scene is Nungsang Jamir and with word from musicians from around the world that bamboo might be equally good or even superior than the otherwise 'guitar woods,' the bamboo guitar might actually see a healthy market across the country as well as outside.

This is the third year running since the first World Bamboo Day celebration was held in Nagaland, at Kisama, near Kohima in 2010.

This year’s commemoration under the theme 'Green Future 2012' has on the tray a food court with bamboo based food delicacies, bamboo craft sale and exhibition and an interesting competition on innovative bamboo products and applications from various entrepreneurs and craftsmen from the eleven districts of the State.