The Hookah is 3,500 years old;it is a part of culture, part of religion, tradition. We present you silver hand engraved royal antique hookah from one of the Royal Rajput family from Rajasthan. This hookah is simple, primitive, and rugged in design, made from a coconut base shell. The Hookah bowl consisted of the hard and the watertight shell of coconut. The thin silver embroidery on the hookah pot adds the grace to it.
HOOKAH CULTURE Smoking Hookah is and always will be a social experience. “Hookah culture” is a vast umbrella that covers history, customs/traditions, etiquette, atmosphere and more. The origin of hookah smoking can be dated back to hundreds of years ago. The concept of hookah is thought to have originated in India. The use of hookahs from ancient times in India was not only a custom, but a matter of prestige.Rich and landed classes would smoke hookahs. It is smoked as per traditional customs. According to Cyril Elgood, who does not mention his source, it was in India where Abu’l- fath – Gilani, an Iranian physician at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar 1542 – 1605 AD invented the idea. This new device forsmoking soon became a status symbol for the Indian aristocracy and gentry. Smoking hookah is a privilege and a civilized pastime. Having fun, relaxing with your peers, and enjoying a peaceful hookah session is what it’s all about. Social smoking is done with a thought that smoking Hookah means silence, relaxing, having time for thoughts and talks. A feeling that a quick cigarette between two businesses dates can’t procure.
The Hookah symbolizes a well-balanced lifestyle, hospitality and sociability. Smoking Hookah means is considered as a social event where families and friends meet. To make these events even more special, sweets and cookies have been served. For these smoking events, several rules had to be obeyed. For example, the one who lights the Hookah with coal will consume it first and so on; one’s own Hookah mustn’t be placed higher than the Hookah of others etc. Violating these rules could have meant the exclusion from the community. POPULARITY Hookahs are not only popular in India but are known all over the world by many different names, such as water pipes, nargeela, argeela, shisha, okka, kalyan, or ghalyan. In the Arab world, people smoke it as a part of tradition and customs. In Syria, shisha is widely used, called argeela. It is available in every corner. Although it is traditionally prevalent in rural areas for generations, Hookahs have become very popular in the cosmopolitan cities. In Philippines, the hookah was particularly used within the minority. Within last 10 years, the hookah has experienced a renaissance. It has been rediscovered by the young generation and has become an item of lifestyle.
BRING THIS ANTIQUE HOOKAH AT YOUR HOME Decorate your home with such an antique hand engraved Hookah, which was once used as the precious family heirloom, passed on from generation to generation. This antique Hookah symbolizes friendship and sociability. So buy this antique Hookah and add a rustic element to your room which will help you in creating contemporary look with ethnic touches. Or if it is possible, you can make your living room as a Hookah room in which various old and antique Hookahs from different time and place can be kept together. Hookahs are reminiscent of luxuriousness, extravagant, fancy and rich lifestyle. Therefore, you can organize a friend or relative get together in which everything will be of old Mughal style; from sitting arrangements to décor. Follow the rules of Hookah etiquettes and experience the hookah culture in all its wealth. Gorgeous collections of exotic Antique Hookah will look very astonishing and will add a sense of the old charm. – Collectible Vintage Team
