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बर' BodoCategory
Dress and OrnamentsSummary
Aronai is the Bodo traditional cloth of great significance.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, FoodSummary
Banlu Raja, known as King Chilli is one of the varieties of chillies grown in Assam and the whole of North-East India.
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Community
बर' Bodo, DimasaCategory
Scholarly WorksSummary
Report by Christina Wasson's Summer 2020 Class
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
A bamboo made carrier tool.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
People, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
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.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
'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.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, Food, Traditional PracticesSummary
Eri silkworm (Samia ricini) is a multivoltine and polyphagous in nature feeding on a number of host plants. Castor is the primary food plant while other include Kesseru, Topioca/Cassava, Payam, Papaya etc. 
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
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. 
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
People, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
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' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Sandanga is a bamboo sieve. It is made with bamboo. The main use of Sandanga is to separate straw from the paddy and also different kinds of unwanted components from thrashed materials.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices