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Food, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
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.
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Sagong is a bamboo made masher used for crushing potatoes, pulses and some other vegetables to turn them into a soft mass.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Zangkha is a household appliance. It is mainly observed among the Bodo community of Goalpara area. It is made from bamboo. The main application of the Zangkha is to use it as a plate to throw away the dirt.
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Khophri is a traditional umbrella made of bamboo and a kind of wild leaf usually used for wrapping things. The bamboo splits are woven to make two layers-inner and outer. The leaves are then placed evenly in between the layers & stitched properly.
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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.
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दौला(Doula) is one of the beautiful ear ornaments mainly worn by the old women of the bodo community.
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Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
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.