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A '''chillum''', or '''chilam''', is a straight conical ] traditionally made of either clay or a soft stone (such as ] or ]). It was used popularly in India in the eighteenth century and still often used to smoke ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055757/http://www.trocadero.com/paha/items/495809/item495809store.html |date=2016-03-05 }},</ref><ref>Dolf Hartsuiker. John van Zijl of Plumstead, South Africa was the first person to smoke from a marble chillum. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011184141/http://adolphus.nl/sadhus/stories/holysmoke.html |date=2007-10-11 }} ince last 5000 years by ''Sadhus , Nagas and Yogis of India''</ref> A small stone is often used as a stopper in the stem. The style of pipe spread to Africa, and has been known in the Americas since the 1960s. A chillum pipe is used in ] rituals. |
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A '''chillum''', or '''chilam''', is a pipe used by ] (wandering Hindu monks),<ref>Dolf Hartsuiker. . ''Sadhus and Yogis of India''.</ref> ] and by many ]rs to smoke ], opium, tobacco, etc. The chillum is a conical pipe which has been used since at least the 18th century as pipes by ] in India to smoke ].<ref></ref> They have also recently been used by ]<ref></ref><ref></ref> in reasoning sessions and ]. |
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==History== |
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== Rastafari Ceremony == |
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According to ], Africans have long employed chillum-style pipes for smoking ] and later tobacco. Gourds and various horns were often employed while conical bowls were common in ]. One of the more famous pipes is an ivory cone pipe once belonging to ] monarch ].<ref name="dunhill">{{cite book|last1=Dunhill|first1=Alfred|title=The Pipe Book|date=1924|publisher=A. & C. Black|location=London}}</ref> |
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In the ] ceremony, the ritual chillum used is made of a cow's horn or conical wood piece, fitted with a long drawtube giving smoke and vapors time to cool down before reaching a user's windpipe. |
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More recently, it has also seen use in sacraments by ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214125910/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20020224/arts/arts1.html |date=2008-02-14 }}</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114102815/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030427/ent/ent3.html |date=2009-01-14 }}</ref> |
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The chillum is sometimes referred to as a '']'' based on a quote from the ] book of ].<ref></ref> Thanks and praises are offered to Jah (God) before the chillum is ].<ref></ref> |
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In ] meetings called "reasoning sessions" and during ] celebrations, a chillum is used. It is made of a cow's horn or conical wood piece, fitted with a long drawtube giving the smoke time to cool before inhalation. A ]-like chillum equipped with a water filtration chamber is sometimes referred to as a ]. Rastafaris offer thanks and praises to God (referred to as ] in Rastafari) before ] the chillum.<ref></ref> |
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{{Wiktionary|चिलम}} |
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