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बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Thungri is a type of sword of the Bodo community which is made up of iron blade. It is sharp and it resembles strength and purity.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Siphung Gwlao is a musical instrument which is tubular in shape that is played by blowing a specially shaped opening. Siphung Gwlao is made with the branch of thai bamboo.Digital Heritage
Community
DimasaCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesDigital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
माखु (Makhu) it is a weaving tool used in the traditional loom weaving. It is also known as shuttle in english. It is made from a flat, narrow piece of wood with notches on the ends of the ends to hold the weft yarn.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
दौला(Doula) is one of the beautiful ear ornaments mainly worn by the old women of the bodo community.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
थना (Thona) it is a type of bowl made with banana pseudostem leaf sheaths, the pseudostem of banana is cut into desirable length which is then split and each of the leaf sheaths of pseudostem are removed carefully.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
थनाखं(Thonakhong) is a plate made from pseudostem leaf sheaths of banana.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
The hand-woven mulberry silk fabric is very popular among the Bodo womenfolk and used in weddings and ceremonies. They create different designs of their liking on it and there are different qualities. The best qualities are in great demand.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Hasini is an agricultural tool to weed grasses and prepare the earth for sowing or planting new saplings. It is also used to gather pieces of dry straw and roots of weeds before burning/disposing them. It is made of wood & it has a long bamboo handle. Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Indi shawl, made from mulberry silk, is very popular among the Bodos & used in winter and special occasions. It is traditionally prepared with the help of handloom. Although readymade shawls are also imported, a Bodo woman would prefer the local made one.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, History, Traditional PracticesSummary
Wooden-mud-plastered house is very common among the Bodo community. The walls are made of bamboo and then plastered with mud. Some people may whitewash the walls but many don't. The roofs may be either thatched or tin, but thatched roofs are hardly seen.