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Miphrai
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Stem, leaves are edible.
Morshaiphang
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Hangathai Bosho
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Leaves of this plant are edible.
Kakluhaba bosho
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Leaves of this plant is edible.
Borma bakhor blai
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
This is used as spices in the food.
Shiblingphang
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
The seeds of this plant are edible.
Helencha
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
The leaf of this plants are edible
Mithi
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
This leaf is consumed with Betel nut after a proper meal as a mouth freshner.
sw.jpg
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Swrkhi is a spinning tool made of bamboo. It is used for winding threads and to hold sorted threads before setting the loom for weaving. It is still used in Boro traditional weaving practices especially in the rural areas.
Jaliputli Haba
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
Jaliputli Haba is a sacred festival where two idols, bride and groom are invoked through rituals, singing and dancing around it. A community feast follows the rituals and merry-making. This is not a common festival for the entire community.
Jaliputli Haba
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Dance, Traditional Practices
Summary
Jaliputli Haba is one of the traditional worship practices of the Bodos where two idols, bride and groom, made out of straw, are decorated with new clothes and wreaths, then wedded. It is then considered auspicious, believed to have the power of blessing.
Community
बर' Bodo
Category
Literature, Scholarly Works
Summary
The first issue of news bulletin "Bathou Santhou" brought out by Dularai Bathou Gouthum (All Bathou Mahasabha)