Olia

{{short description|Type of closed vessel}}

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Oḷiā (Odia: ଓଳିଆ) is a closed vessel made up of straw or bamboo.{{cite book|title=Rainfed Rice: A Sourcebook of Best Practices and Strategies in Eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQ4ifPs5b6AC&pg=PA28|year=2000|publisher=Int. Rice Res. Inst.|isbn=978-81-86789-02-5|pages=28–}} Traditionally it is used to store rice and other corns.{{cite book|author=Dasapalla (India : State)|title=Report on the survey and settlement of Dasapalla Feudatory State during the years, 1917-1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCMcAQAAMAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Printed at Sarada Press}}{{cite book|author=Orissa (India)|title=Orissa District Gazetteers: Cuttack|year=1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAVDAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Superintendent, Orissa Government Press}} It is also used in different tribal areas of Odisha and other states of India.{{cite book|title=Orissa Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DAdDAAAAYAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Home Department, Government of Orissa}}{{cite book|author=Orissa (India). Harijan & Tribal Welfare Dept|title=Tribes of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yStuAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Harijan and Tribal Welfare Department, Government Of Orissa}}