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Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
indi1.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
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Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Golden silk thread is made from the cocoons of mulberry silkworms. The cocoons are first boiled in water and then reeled with the help of a simple tool called 'thaokhri'. It is then spun with the help of a spinning wheel, thickened and dried.
preparing silk.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Reeling of silk from mulberry silk is a common practice of Boro womenfolk. The practice of rearing silkworm and reeling of silk give economic relief to some families. But, at present, it has been a challenge for the womenfolk to thrive in this business.
silk.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Preparation of thread from silkworm is one of the main economic activities of womenfolk. The cocoon is first processed in boiling water and then the thread is reeled with the help of a simple tool called "thaukhri".
sal khuntha.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Gamsa, worn around the waist, is the traditional dress used by the Bodo menfolk. It is woven using the 'Sal Khuntha' four pillars and the 'Tat sal' or handloom. This is the main dress used by a menfolk whenever they are at home and in the field.
khundung thunnai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
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.
thaokhri lunai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Flora and Fauna, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
si swngnai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
si danai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
The Bodo weavers used throw shuttle and fly shuttle looms. The shuttle makhu is thrown across the shed by the hand. The loom is fitted to a vertical post made of bamboo or wood and it is fixed to the ground.
indi phitwb1.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Flora and Fauna, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
'Indi Phitwb'- the eri cocoon are open-mouthed, as the silk filament is not wrapped as in mulberry, muga and tassar. Hence, the eri cocoons cannot be reeled but spun like cotton. The shape, size and color of the endi cocoon vary on the host plant leaves.