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Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and InstrumentsSummary
Uwal-Gaihen is a set of two simple tools used for pounding rice and other substances.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Jekhai is a fishing tool used by the Bodo community. It is made from bamboo strips.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and InstrumentsSummary
Khobai is a basket traps made of bamboo strips used to keep the caught fishes while fishing. It is warp and weft with long bamboo strips. Usually the shape of Khobai is like an earthen pot.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices, Oral TraditionsSummary
Gambari Khamplai is a wooden plate tool made from Gambari tree. In the Bodo wedding, the bride is made to stand on the Gambari Khamplai and mother or sister of the groom sprinkle holy water and wash her feet with holy water before entering groom’s house.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and InstrumentsSummary
Dokhona is the main dress of Boro womenfolk and also the symbol of identity. It is traditionally prepared with different types of designs called 'agor' (embroideries) on the loom. But, nowadays, it is outsourced by textile companies from other states.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Hatha is a wooden container of rice and curry made during a Hathasuni/Hathaseni haba (traditional Bodo wedding), where the bride carries the rice and curry and serves a small portion to the groom and the villagers present at the wedding ceremony.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and InstrumentsSummary
Songrai is a daily used winnowing fan made of bamboo. Used to separate the chaff from the grain so that the grain can be cooked and eaten. 
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices, Oral TraditionsSummary
Don is a kind of small basket made of bamboo strips. It is specially used in ritual functions, marriage ceremonies and religious events of the Bodo community. 
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and InstrumentsSummary
Sandri is a bamboo sieve used for separating smaller grains from larger ones and elimination of chaff and husks from the grains. It is usually operated by female worker.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and InstrumentsSummary
A fish container is made of bamboo and may be found in different sizes. It is normally fastened by a string and then tied on the waist of the gatherer to the right so s/he can drop the fish inside it. It has small holes to allow any water pass through.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
A staircase is common for a double-storeyed building, but sometimes one or more pieces of log is commonly used as a staircase in Bodo households even when the house is not double-storeyed. It makes the steps firmer and easier.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, History, Traditional PracticesSummary
Traditionally, there used to be only one or two ring-wells for the entire village. But later it became very common to be constructed in almost every household. With modernization, nowadays, it has been replaced by tube-wells and electronic pump machines.