JAPI IS AN ASAMESE TRADITION .IT IS CREAT FROM TIGHTLY PLAIN WOOVEM BAMBOO AND TOKOU PAAT AND PLAM LEAF.THE WORD JAAPI DERIVES FROM JAAP WHICH MEAN A BUNDLE OF TAKOU PAAT.IN THE PAST THE JAPI WERE LIGHT.WHILE ORNATE JAAPI WERE WORN AS A STANDING IMAGE BY ASSAMESE ROYALITY AND NOBILITY