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Community
Dimasa
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Dress and Ornaments
Summary
Bullet shaped beautifully handcrafted gold earing mainly worn by Dimasa women.
Ha-ni Chula (Mud Stove) in Sheorartal village
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
The traditional mud stove with three raised lumps where pots can rest is used for preparing food.
Hamao/Humao (Traditional yeast cake)
Community
Dimasa
Category
Food
Summary
Yeast cake used for making rice wine by Dimasa community.
Dimbong.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
Flora and Fauna
Summary
Dimbong (chameleon) is an agamid lizard, which can change its body colour to maintain its temperature.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Dance, Oral Traditions
Summary
Baidima is a cultural folk dance organized by the Dimasa Kachari tribe. It's a traditional dance celebrates during the harvesting festival, Busu festival.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Dance
Summary
Earlier this type of dance is performed when dimasa king return to his kingdom after winning a war. Bai-jabah means war dance.
Community
Dimasa
Category
Traditional Practices
Summary
In this video, making of bamboo basket from scratch i.e, from cutting bamboo to making basket is shown. It is a basket made out of bamboo which the dimasa tribe usually use in their ritual rites. These basket is also used to store for various household us
Community
Dimasa
Category
Songs, Tools and Instruments, Oral Traditions
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
The bamboo basket weaving is very old old traditions among Dimasa tribe . The basket is mainly used for storing something or for decoration in house .
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.