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# ਛੱਜ

chhaj

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In short

Chhaj (ਛੱਜ) is the flat, fan-shaped winnowing basket of Punjab, woven from sarkanda grass. After threshing, the mixture of grain and chaff is poured from a chhaj in the wind, so the light chaff blows away and the clean, heavy grain falls straight back down.

## How it's used

1. 1ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਦੀ ਹਵਾ ਚੱਲਦਿਆਂ ਮਾਂ ਨੇ ਛੱਜ ਨਾਲ ਕਣਕ ਸਾਫ਼ ਕੀਤੀ।When the afternoon wind picked up, mother cleaned the wheat with the chhaj. _winnowing in the wind_
2. 2ਛੱਜ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਅਨਾਜ ਡੋਲ੍ਹਦਿਆਂ ਭੂਸਾ ਹਵਾ ਨਾਲ ਉੱਡ ਗਿਆ।As the grain was poured from the chhaj, the chaff blew away with the wind. _how the cleaning works_
3. 3ਗਹਾਈ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਛੱਜ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਫ਼ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਨਾਜ ਬੋਰੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ।After threshing, the grain cleaned with the chhaj was put into sacks. _after threshing_
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1. 4ਇਹ ਛੱਜ ਸਰਕੰਡੇ ਦਾ ਬੁਣਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਹਲਕਾ ਹੈ।This chhaj is woven from sarkanda and is very light. _the material_

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ

ਛੱਜ ਸਰਕੰਡੇ ਘਾਹ ਤੋਂ ਬੁਣਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਚਪਟਾ ਅਤੇ ਚੌੜਾ ਟੋਕਰਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਫਸਲ ਦੀ ਗਹਾਈ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਅਨਾਜ ਨੂੰ ਭੂਸੇ ਅਤੇ ਛਿਲਕੇ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਖ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਦੀ ਹਵਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਛੱਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨਾਜ ਭਰ ਕੇ ਉੱਪਰੋਂ ਹੌਲੀ ਹੌਲੀ ਡੋਲ੍ਹਦਾ ਹੈ, ਭਾਰਾ ਅਨਾਜ ਸਿੱਧਾ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਡਿੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਹਲਕਾ ਭੂਸਾ ਹਵਾ ਨਾਲ ਉੱਡ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

What does chhaj mean in Punjabi? Chhaj (ਛੱਜ) is a flat woven basket, shaped like a wide fan or shallow tray, used to winnow grain. It separates clean grain from chaff and husk after threshing, using nothing but the basket itself, the worker's hands and the moving air.

## What is a chhaj made of?

A traditional chhaj is woven from sarkanda, a tough, thick and elastic grass that once grew in abundance across the Punjab plains. Craft sources on Punjab describe the chhaj as a household implement made of sarkanda and used for separating edible grain from the husk. It belongs to the same village basketry tradition as the woven hand fans of Punjab, and sarkanda was also worked into roofs, carpets and curtains, which is why the material was close at hand in every farming village.

## How is a chhaj used to winnow grain?

Winnowing comes after threshing, when the grain has been loosened from the stalks and a mixture of grain and fine chaff is left on the threshing floor. In the traditional Punjab method, the worker waits for the afternoon, when the wind is stronger, takes the mixture up in the chhaj and pours it slowly from above head height. The heavy grains fall straight down while the light chaff is carried away by the wind. The pouring is repeated three or four times until the grain is clean, with a sheet spread below so the falling grain does not mix with dirt.

## Where does the chhaj fit in the harvest?

The chhaj does the cleaning step in a longer chain of work. First the ripe crop is cut and tied into sheaves, then the sheaves are carried to the threshing floor, the khalihan, and threshed so the grain separates from the stalks. Only then does the chhaj come out, to blow the chaff away from the grain. After winnowing, the clean grain is dried in the sun and stored, so the chhaj is the last tool to touch the harvest before it becomes food or seed.

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Sources (3)
1. [Testbook: the Chhaj is made of sarkanda grass and used for separating edible grain from the husk](https://testbook.com/question-answer/which-material-is-traditionally-used-in-punjab-to--69df43f2fd3b86913bff9e6d)
2. [Testbook: Chhaj is a sifting basket used to winnow grain, separating it from chaff, in Punjab's basketry tradition](https://testbook.com/question-answer/traditional-hand-fans-made-by-weaving-thin-straws--69df43f17c249ff5ceb1fb3a)
3. [Youblob: traditional wheat harvesting in Punjab, threshing then winnowing with a chhaj tray in the afternoon wind, repeated three to four times](https://youblob.com/sitemap-index.xml/blueprints/kanak-vaddh-punjab)
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On this page[In short](#in-short)[How it's used](#how-used)[ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ](#pa-meaning)[What is a chhaj made of?](#s-b002)[How is a chhaj used to winnow grain?](#s-b004)[Where does the chhaj fit in the harvest?](#s-b006)

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