The authorities are distributing cotton quilts, bamboo mats and other relief supplies.

His parents were landless farmers, and his father made a living carrying cargo at the river jetty and weaving bamboo mats.

They are then dried in the sun on bamboo mats for several days (they are returned to the salt at night).

Attics, insulated with bamboo mats and hay, often serve for drying animal skins and chilies.