The dancers perform face-to-face in two lines or in a circle, holding fans before their faces in some pieces and clapping thin bamboo sticks together in others.

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There's been success in creating figure in the same tree by binding bamboo sticks tightly around the trunk with elastic cord to create "dents" in the growth rings.

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The poor made do with wood and bamboo sticks.

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Divided into upper and lower segments by a large python at the centre, the ijele is constructed of colourful fabric on a skeleton of bamboo sticks and decorated with figurines and depictions of every aspect of life.

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In three sprawling camps on the outskirts of Dubie, men have built simple, shoulder-high shelters of sticks and bamboo.

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Since the adult pandas are strong and can be dangerous, the guests feed them bamboo through the bars with long sticks.

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