timesofbodoland

Introduction: The Bodo or Boro belongs to the Mongoloid stock of the Indo-Tibetans and linguistically they belong to the branch of the Tibeto-Barman family of language. They constitute a very important section of the different ethnic and races people settling in Assam with their distinct cultural, social and linguistic traits. They are the largest ethnic tribal people of Assam with 12,28,450 population according to 1961 census. The Bodo women are not only the mistress of the House but also the expert spinner, weavers and handloom embroidery. They weave various kinds of clothes like— Endi Si, Dokhona, Zwmgra, Aronai, Gamsa, Alon, etc. They also know the art of dying of various colors. They have certain fondness of color costume. They make beautiful handloom embroidery in their various clothes and costume. Some of the embroidery is like design of dove eye, various flowers, hill designs, etc. In present days the Boro clothes are competent enough with various cloth...