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Raw bananas are eaten as a vegetable. Delicious chips can be
made from raw bananas. Banana flowers are used to make tasty
curries. Monkeys and elephants love bananas. An elephant can
eat many bunches by himself!
Bananas are nutritious as they have many vitamins such as A, B
and C, as well as calcium, which is needed for our bones to grow
strong.
It is also a good source of minerals like potassium and
magnesium. Bananas are considered auspicious by Hindus and
are offered during a puja. When there is a wedding or a puja, the
trees or bunches of bananas are used to decorate both sides of
the entrance to the house. The leaves make wonderful, natural
plates. The leaves are also used to make cups.
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