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An upright hollow green bamboo tube packed with chopped Mesu shoots and covered by a leafy plug, in a watercolor-and-pencil illustration on warm ivory paper.
Equipment

Mesu bamboo tube

A green hollow bamboo stem holds tightly packed Mesu shoots, with leaves covering the open end during fermentation. The source documents the arrangement, but not a standard size or capacity.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
Sikkim
Editorial illustration of a tall open gundruk fermentation vessel with chopped leafy greens; the dhungro's material is not established by the source.
Equipment

Gundruk pot and dhungro

Gundruk pots and dhungro are fermentation containers documented in Nepal and one Darjeeling household. FAO describes earthenware; a 2024 figure identifies a bamboo-made airtight dhungro buried in a pit within a cow-dung heap.

Jars, pots and crocks
Nepal