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बावखा - (Baukha)

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Community

बर' Bodo

Category

Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices

Summary

A bamboo made carrier tool.

सि दानाय (Si danai)

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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.

इन्दि फिथोब (Indi Phitwb)

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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.

मार होनाय/मायदि होनाय (Mar hwnai/Maidi hwnai)

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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.

सानद्रि (Sandri)

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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.

सानदांगा (Sandanga)

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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.