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mar hwnai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
khundung thunnai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
Pair of metal ear plugs.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
These are only worn by women and usually given to the women at marriage.
An earring.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
A flat ring metal with a stylized flower, three pieces of metal as decoration, and a hook for the lobe of the ear worn by women.
Ahsan Mutha.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
An open metal bangles worn by women
A silver bangle.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
The bangle is slightly irregularly formed ring made of a length of sheet silver where the pattern of the outside of the ring has been hammered in diagonal lines of two grooves passed by a slight chisel, changing with a line of 6 to 7 square holes
A necklace (Thakansri) (1).jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
A necklace worn by women made of one big coin and 62 small 4 annas coins (taka/rupee)
A metal bracelet (Ahsan Mutha).jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
A metal bracelet worn by Bodo women.
Khwrwm (2).jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Dress and Ornaments
Summary
A pair of wooden sandals
Khundung thunnai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Rulex ni Dokhona.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Paat ni Dokhona.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments