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Baukha.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
A bamboo made carrier tool.
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.
indi phitwb1.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Flora and Fauna, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
'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.
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.
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.
sandanga.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
zabsring.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
khada.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
Khada is a container made of bamboo and nicely painted with cow dung. It is properly dried under the sun before put to use. It is used as a basket to store rice or paddy and to carry things from one place to another. Some use it as a measuring tool also.
saa.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
Sandri or a rice sieve is traditionally made of bamboo. It is used to separate rice from rice husk powder and sometimes to dry fish, meat & other things. Nowadays, its use is decreasing due to installation of power mills in every village
Roina.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments
Zekhai Khobai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments
Nangal arw Zungal.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments