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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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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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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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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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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.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional Practices
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
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बर' BodoCategory
FoodSummary
Lapa is a kind of spinach especially available during the winter season. It is most commonly eaten by Bodo people. It is also very healthy and delicious. 
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बर' BodoCategory
Traditional PracticesSummary
Kheraisali is a place where the Kherai puja is performed. Kherai puja is the greatest religious festival of the Bodos.
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बर' BodoCategory
Tools and InstrumentsSummary
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.
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Tools and InstrumentsSummary
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