Bodo Essay

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BODO TRIBE INTRODUCTION The Bodos are an ethnic and linguistic community, early settlers of Assam in the northeast part of India. According to the 2011 census, there are nearly 2 million Bodos in Assam. Bodos belong to a larger ethnic group called the Bodo-Kachari. LOCATION Bodos have settled in most areas of North-East India, and parts of Nepal. The Bodo people constitute a diverse range of the Indigenous people of North-east India. In India they are found in parts of Assam. Udalguri and Kokrajhar are considered the centre of the Bodo area. FOOD The Bodo tribe mostly eats non vegetarian food. Most of their main dishes consist of fish and pork with rice. Rice is one of the most important dished to the Bodo people. For drinks they are very fond of Zu Mai which translates to Rice Wine. LANGUAGE The Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo people of north-eastern India and Nepal is spoken by them. Bodos also have a language of their own called Deodahi. CLOTHING People from Bodo community wear cloth of indigenous product as the thread of Eri and Muga. The Bodo womenfolk wear some colorful hand woven attire which is popularly known as Dokhna. It is used for covering the whole body from chest down to the ankle. Dokhna is colorful dress made of different types of agoror phul. Bodo women use different types of Dokhnas. There are some Dokhna without agor that is called Salamatha or math. The dresses of Bodo women are a distinguishable feature of Bodo culture. Its length and breadth is made in such a way that it can be tied one round at a time in the waist. Bodo woman wears another garment is called Jumgra (Scarf) and use to wrap the upper portion of the body. Men use dhoti and Chaddars. In winter, they wear thickly woven endi Chaddars JEWELLERY AND ARTEFACTS It is well known fact that the Indo-Mongoloid Bodos used abundance of gold ornaments available in those

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