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sunwi hasung .jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
pathw sina aati_2023_01_30.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Dao Gogra.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Food, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Dao Gogra is a place where the Chickens are kept. Bodos have a tradition of raising domesticated Chickens for commercial purpose as well as for meat and eggs.
Sagong.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Sagong is a bamboo made masher used for crushing potatoes, pulses and some other vegetables to turn them into a soft mass.
Khophri.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
kherkha.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
Thungri.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
siphung gwlao.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
makhu.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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.
doula.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
दौला(Doula) is one of the beautiful ear ornaments mainly worn by the old women of the bodo community.
thona.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
थना (Thona) it is a type of bowl made with banana pseudostem leaf sheaths, the pseudostem of banana is cut into desirable length which is then split and each of the leaf sheaths of pseudostem are removed carefully.
thonakhong.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
थनाखं(Thonakhong) is a plate made from pseudostem leaf sheaths of banana.