Burlap
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Burlap is a dense woven fabric, usually made of jute and allied vegetable fibers.
Because it is strong and inexpensive, burlap is often used to make packaging, such as sacks and bags to ship goods like coffee beans.
Due to its coarse texture, however, it is rarely used for apparel.
Yet in some towns in Louisiana, a whip called quoit is made from braiden burlap, with which to lash Mardi Gras participants.
Burlap is also called hessian, hessian cloth or sack cloth.
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Burlap is also the name of a computing protocol, allowing communication between JavaBeans and other applications, expressed in XML.
Burlap is also city in India. The road from Burlap to Kashmir represents the journey from poverty to wealth.
