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Dimasa death rituals
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Oral Traditions
Summary
This is a short discussion on Dimasa death rituals between Monali Longmailai, Abesh Diruwa and Nrityojoy Hojai.
Mai rabani haba.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
This short interview is about conversation between field workers and investigator in Marda village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
The Gor Ail hillock is a historical significance to the Dimasa Kachari history, as it bears its name, Gor Ail (in Sylheti Bengali ‘Came home’), after the retreat of Dimasa soldiers in the hillock after a battle with Burmese soldiers in the 18th century.
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.
sandri.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Sandri is a circular bamboo sieve. It is made from bamboo, the bamboo is sliced into thin slides and weaved, the use of Sandri is mainly used for separating the husk and the small broken rice from the rice grain.
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Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Food, Traditional Practices
Ishing.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Traditional Practices
Summary
The part of the house or the room in the Bodo homestead where the altar of Bathou bwrai and Bathou burwi are kept is called ishing.
Barlangpha.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Traditional Practices
Summary
A person who carries the two earthen pitchers during the wedding ceremony is called ' Barlangpha'.
Bamboo bridge.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Traditional Practices
Summary
A bridge made of bamboo.
Mai jaonai saori.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
thengphakri.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People
Summary
A Bronze statue of legendary Bodo freedom fighter 'Tengphakri'
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Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Dress and Ornaments
Summary
A pair of wooden sandals