Folded into a cone, it makes a good glass to collect water from the rain and can also be braided into a hat. This multi-purpose plant is used in everything from carpentry to cooking. It preserves the juices. Once split in half after cooking, the dry fibers make good firewood. As a storage container, people use it as a quiver for their arrows and for foods and liquids.
Kids make blowpipes of it.
In other islands and countries people make various types of flutes from it. The ropes can be made from a very thick tube. This tube is cut along its length in very thin strips of the necessary length. Bamboo also has the advantage of being very easy to work with. The long sticks can be used as a punting pole to propel a canoe or a raft., or fixed with a hook, to reach fruits high in the trees.