A traditional granary is constructed towards the north-east in the homestead. Usually the floor is raised a little from the ground to avoid dampening of the rice. A small door is kept on top of the front wall and usually locked most of the time.
Rice pounding is done with the help of tools called 'uwal', the rice holder, 'gaihen', the long-handled pounding tool, 'songrai', a hole-less big sieve and 'sandri', a sieve that separates rice-husk from the rice. It is being replaced by power rice mills.
In this video, making of bamboo basket from scratch i.e, from cutting bamboo to making basket is shown. It is a basket made out of bamboo which the dimasa tribe usually use in their ritual rites. These basket is also used to store for various household us
It is fishing rod made of bamboo stick and a thin thread like is connected with the top of the stick where small earthworm or any eatable is attached so to feed fish and catch them.
Khailim made of bamboo cane is a container which every Dimasa household used to possess in olden days. This intricately designed with the bamboo cane work container serves as the container for storing precious items of household.
