The Manjaa is a traditional Punjabi

Punjab region

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 name for a woven bed. It consists of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.

Traditionally the user would lie directly on top of the ropes without an intervening mattress. The making of a Manjaa begins with the tying of a Jee (Life knot

Knot

A knot is a method of fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving. It may consist of a length of one or several segments of rope, string, webbing, twine, strap, or even chain interwoven such that the line can bind to itself or to some other object—the "load"...

) at one corner of the bed. The art of weaving the manjaa is called manjaa unena.

Manjaa were known as Charpoy (from the Persian word چهارپایه charpaya, char + paya "four-footed") to the British

United Kingdom

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