tapchan
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thumb|Tapchans near Bokhtar, Tajikistan A tapchan () is a type of outdoor furniture unique to Central Asia especially Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, combining a large bed capable of holding 4-8 adults with a table at which meals can be eaten.. It is similar or identical to the Malay bale-bale, 'wooden raised platform'.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- furniture
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Material used
- wood
- Image
- Tapchan,Chiluchorchasma1.jpg
- Has use
- dining table
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|Tapchans near Bokhtar, Tajikistan A tapchan () is a type of outdoor furniture unique to Central Asia especially Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, combining a large bed capable of holding 4-8 adults with a table at which meals can be eaten.. It is similar or identical to the Malay bale-bale, 'wooden raised platform'.
==Variants== Although typically an outdoor fixture, they are also found indoors, for instance at roadside restaurants, since they allow the customer to both rest and eat. Private homes with a tapchan in the yard often build canopy posts with either a fixed shade or curtains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tapchan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.