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बर' BodoCategory
Dress and OrnamentsSummary
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.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
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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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional PracticesSummary
मुथि (Muthi) is a handle that is connected to the harness that helps the weaver to control the shuttle thrown or passed back and forth through the shed, between the yarn threads of the warp in order to weave in the weft.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Traditional PracticesSummary
मुथि आसान (Muthi Asan) is a beautiful ornament worn as a bangle, it is a mainly silver made bangle with a length of approx 6-7cm.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
दौला(Doula) is one of the beautiful ear ornaments mainly worn by the old women of the bodo community.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Food, Traditional PracticesSummary
खारै सथा (kharwi sotha) is an organic alkali made from the rhizome and mature pseudostem of banana. The best suitable banana for this preparation is खारै सथा is a seeded banana plant.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
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.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Flora and Fauna, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
थनाखं(Thonakhong) is a plate made from pseudostem leaf sheaths of banana.
Digital Heritage
Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
The hand-woven mulberry silk fabric is very popular among the Bodo womenfolk and used in weddings and ceremonies. They create different designs of their liking on it and there are different qualities. The best qualities are in great demand.
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Hasini is an agricultural tool to weed grasses and prepare the earth for sowing or planting new saplings. It is also used to gather pieces of dry straw and roots of weeds before burning/disposing them. It is made of wood & it has a long bamboo handle. 
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Community
बर' BodoCategory
Dress and Ornaments, Tools and Instruments, Traditional PracticesSummary
Indi shawl, made from mulberry silk, is very popular among the Bodos & used in winter and special occasions. It is traditionally prepared with the help of handloom. Although readymade shawls are also imported, a Bodo woman would prefer the local made one.