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A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.

Packs of beedies.

A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.

Beedi making process, rare handicrafts in Akkaraipattu, Sri Lanka. Bidi leaf (Bauhinia racemosa) and shredded tobacco are prepared and finalized with thread binding.

A thin, often flavored, Indian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu leaf.

Factory workers hand-cut the leaves using scissors and a metal stencil guide. After cutting a sufficient number of wrappers, they will move on to roll approximately 1,000 beedies each per day.