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Bamboo is regarded as the most versatile woody plant worldwide. It accompanied humans from prehistoric times and contributed much to the socio-cultural and technological development of many small-scale and large-scale societies in Asia, the Americas, and Africa. Moreover, bamboo…

In the Western part of Nepal, in remote Himalayan villages, menstruating girls and women are banished to a faraway shed or dingy-huts because people believe that they are untouchable (B. S. Schultz). This custom is called ‘Chhaupadi’, Chhau meaning, menstruation, and Padi, meani…