जेखाइ आरो खबाइ (Zekhai arw Khobai)

The jekhai is a triangular basket open at one end, the three angular sides closing to a point at the other. The whole is attached to a bamboo handle some three or four feet in length. Grasping this handle firmly, the holder enters the river, usually only two or three feet deep, and lowers the basket to the bottom, keeping the open end in front of itself and then making a splashing with her feet as she endeavors to drive her prey into the open mouth of the basket, which is then quickly lifted and its contents rapidly transferred to the fish-basket. The whole process seems very clumsy but far from being wholly ineffective.