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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Sagong is a bamboo made masher used for crushing potatoes, pulses and some other vegetables to turn them into a soft mass.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Khophri is a type of umbrella made of bamboo and plastic. It is worn on the head to shield it from the sun and rain while going to work, especially in the paddy fields.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Kherkha is a basket made with bamboo. The bamboo is split into thin sticks and beautifully knotted to form a circular circumference basket with average diameter of 60-70 cm and height of 45 cm.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Thungri is a type of sword of the Bodo community which is made up of iron blade. It is sharp and it resembles strength and purity.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Siphung Gwlao is a musical instrument which is tubular in shape that is played by blowing a specially shaped opening. Siphung Gwlao is made with the branch of thai bamboo.
Digital Heritage
Community
DimasaCategory
Traditional PracticesSummary
One of the Dimasa's traditional entrance gates.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Traditional PracticesSummary
Rice transplantation is a common practice among the Bodo people. Before transplantation, the seedling is uprooted from the ground and it is mostly done by women. 
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Traditional PracticesSummary
Rice transplantation is a common practice among the Bodo people. Rice is the most widely cultivated crop and the family without rice field is still considered as poor. Rice cultivation is largely dependent on monsoon rain and sometimes appears uncertain.
Digital Heritage
Community
DimasaCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
माखु (Makhu) it is a weaving tool used in the traditional loom weaving. It is also known as shuttle in english. It is made from a flat, narrow piece of wood with notches on the ends of the ends to hold the weft yarn.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional PracticesSummary
मुथि (Muthi) is a handle that is connected to the harness that helps the weaver to control the shuttle thrown or passed back and forth through the shed, between the yarn threads of the warp in order to weave in the weft.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional PracticesSummary
मुथि आसान (Muthi Asan) is a beautiful ornament worn as a bangle, it is a mainly silver made bangle with a length of approx 6-7cm.