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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.
naodra.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Naodra is a a type of pig feeder made of wood.
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.
IMG-1962.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
The picture here is a Bathou Temple of Kokrajhar situated in Baganshali. It is created by the Bodo people living in Baganshali. 'Bathouism' is the ethnic religion of the Bodo tribes. The followers of this religion offer their prayers in 'Bathou Thansali'.
जेखाइ.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
‍Jekhai is a fishing tool used by the Bodo community. It is made from bamboo strips.
gambari khamplaifinal.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
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.
hatha final.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
don2.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
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.