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{{Short description|Indian wooden and iron swing}}
An '''oonjal''' is a [[Swing (seat)|swing]] that is typically anchored to the ceiling of a room - using iron link chains and the bottom is a wooden [[plank (wood)|plank]]. This used to be a popular item of [[furniture]] in most [[South India|southern Indian]] houses.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Travancore state manual, Volume 2 |authorlink=V. Nagam Aiya |last=Aiya |first=V. Nagam |pages=365–367 |year=1999 |orig-date=1906 |publisher=Kerala Gazetteers Dept. |isbn=978-81-85499-33-8 }}</ref> They have been not as popular as houses give way to [[flat (housing)|flats]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doctor |first1=Vikram |title=Here's why the Indian 'jhoola' has still not lost its allure |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/heres-why-the-indian-jhoola-has-still-not-lost-its-allure/articleshow/47932709.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |accessdate=28 February 2020}}</ref> There is a popular [[South Asian wedding|wedding ritual]] in which the bride and groom sit on an oonjal decorated with [[flowers]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Marriage Customs And Ceremonies in World Religions |last=Roy |first=Arun S. |page=63 |year=2005 |publisher=Trafford |isbn=978-1-4120-3848-5 }}</ref> and receive blessings.<ref>{{cite book |title=India |url=https://archive.org/details/india00publ |url-access=limited |last=Eraly |first=Abraham |page=[https://archive.org/details/india00publ/page/n158 155] |year=2008 |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |isbn=978-1-4053-2904-0 }}</ref> Particularly, it is prominent hanging in the houses of [[Tamil people|Indian Tamil]] families.

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