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Yungshima
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Riku Dima
Community
Dimasa
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
The term is used to refer to the Border Design found in Dimasa traditional cloths. It includes geometrical, dotted, plants, animals, flowers, etc. Each of the Riku Dima has its own unique name.
Pangsla
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
One of the Dimasa's traditional entrance gates.
खोथिया फुनाय
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
Rice transplantation is a common practice among the Bodo people. Before transplantation, the seedling is uprooted from the ground and it is mostly done by women.
Khophri Hebnai.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
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.
माइ गायनाय
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
Rice transplantation is a common practice among the Bodo people. Rice is the most widely cultivated crop and the family without rice field is still considered as poor. Rice cultivation is largely dependent on monsoon rain and sometimes appears uncertain.
Ji Danai.jpeg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dress and Ornaments
Summary
Weaving is an indispensable part of the Bodo society where different types of clothes are woven. It used to be a part and parcel of every family some decades ago. Most Bodo women are still expert in weaving traditional clothes.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
It is a wild animal. It is a carnivorous mammal and considered a type of wild animal.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Mihsai is also a "Gthar mih" (pure animal)and is found in forests
Thaijuw
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica which believed to have originated from the region between northwestern Myanmer,Bangladesh,and northeastern India.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Dimasa people consider Mosoh as a part of the pure category animal (Gthar Mih)
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Wild Animal