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बर' BodoCategory
Dress and OrnamentsSummary
Aronai is the Bodo traditional cloth of great significance.Digital Heritage
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बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Starching is the process where yarn/thread produced is wound on a spool to make a wrap. In order to make the thread stronger it is boiled with rice or flour and water. The yarn or wrap is taken out from the water and dried up in the sun. Digital Heritage
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बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
The most important appliance used for spinning eri cocoons is the drop spindle (Thaokhri/takuri). It is a simple device made of bamboo; a cylindrical stick tapering towards one end, and a disc-like structure is embedded towards the other end.Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Warping is an important step in the manufacture of clothes. Warping in local term is called si swngnai and the villagers followed the simple stick warping method.