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.
Flora and Fauna, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
The most important appliance used for spinning eri cocoons is the drop spindle (Thaokhri/takuri). It is a simple device made of bamboo; a cylindrical stick tapering towards one end, and a disc-like structure is embedded towards the other end.
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Warping is an important step in the manufacture of clothes. Warping in local term is called si swngnai and the villagers followed the simple stick warping method.
'Beo Gongse Boro Gami Dongmwn' is a social novel in Bodo written by Tiren Boro, Rowta Chariali, Udalguri and published by N.L. Publications, A.R.B. Road Panbazar, Guwahati
'Miri Sikhla' is a novel translated in Bodo by Pramthesh Basumatary origin from Assamese 'Miri Jiyari' by Rajanikanta Bordoloi and published by N.L. Publications, A.R.B. Road, Panbazar, Guwahati.