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Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Oral Traditions
Summary
The above video is a short Discussion on taboos that exists among the DImasa people of Kumacherra village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
The above video is a short interiew of Abesh Diruwa of Kumacherra village taken by Monali Longmailai.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Tools and Instruments
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
The Gor Ail hillock is a historical significance to the Dimasa Kachari history, as it bears its name, Gor Ail (in Sylheti Bengali ‘Came home’), after the retreat of Dimasa soldiers in the hillock after a battle with Burmese soldiers in the 18th century.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Traditional Practices
Summary
The image shows the Shibarai Madaikho (Shiv temple) of Sheorarthal village in Cachar district, Assam.
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Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
The Bodo weavers used throw shuttle and fly shuttle looms. The shuttle makhu is thrown across the shed by the hand. The loom is fitted to a vertical post made of bamboo or wood and it is fixed to the ground.
sandri.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
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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Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Food, Traditional Practices
Ishing.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Traditional Practices
Summary
The part of the house or the room in the Bodo homestead where the altar of Bathou bwrai and Bathou burwi are kept is called ishing.
Barlangpha.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Traditional Practices
Summary
A person who carries the two earthen pitchers during the wedding ceremony is called ' Barlangpha'.
Bamboo bridge.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Traditional Practices
Summary
A bridge made of bamboo.
Mai jaonai saori.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
People, Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices