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[[File:Uru.jpg|thumbnail|Uru is a boat with an ancient design]]<br />
[[File:Sd11-boom.JPG|thumb|200px|right|This [[Boom (ship)|boom]] had been originally built in Beypore, Kerala, India]]<br />
'''Uru''', also known as '''Fat Boat''' in English, is a type of [[dhow]] made in [[Beypore]], [[Kerala]], in the [[Malabar Coast|southwestern coast]] of [[India]]. <br />
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This type of boat has been used by the [[Arab]]s since ancient times as trading vessels, and even now, ''uru''s are being manufactured and exported to Arab nations from Beypore. These boats used to be built of several types of wood, the main one being [[teak]]. The teak was taken from [[Nilambur]] forests in earlier times, but now imported [[teak|Malaysian teak]] is used. A couple of [[Shipyard|boat-building yards]] can still be found near the Beypore port.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amartya.de/beypore1.htm|title=Ship building in Beypore|website=amartya.de|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The art of Uru making in Beypore, on the northern coast of Kerala, is as old as the beginnings of India’s maritime trade with Mesopotamia. Islands dotting the Chaliyar river have continued the tradition for over a millennium. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/the-boatmakers-of-beypore/article4884192.ece|title=The boat-makers of Beypore|date=6 July 2013|access-date=17 April 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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==Construction==<br />
As an art passed down through generations, Uru-making is an undocumented practice. There are no build plans, sketches, drawings, or blueprints that the makers refer to. From conception to completion, it is all in the mind of the master carpenter or maistry of a yard, who assigns work to his assistants on a daily basis, so as to keep the secrecy that shrouds the technology intact. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/238044912896496/videos/1454648004569508|title=HISTORY|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Pattamar]]<br />
*[[Kattumaram]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.siffs.org/books/indianboatdesign.pdf The Origins and Ethnological Significance of Indian Boat Designs]<br />
*[http://www.sevenoceans.com/Ships/ShipsByType/Pattamar.htm Pattamar]<br />
*[http://www.webalice.it/cherini/Oceano/Indiano.html Vele dell’Oceano Indiano e dell’Indonesia]<br />
*[http://oldphotosbombay.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post_6997.html Old Photos of Bombay]<br />
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[[Category:Boat types]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Dhow types]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Kerala]]<br />
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