Bodo Traditional Motifs and Designs
Being born in a village, I've been well acquainted with the Bodo art of weaving since quite a young age. I've been witnessing my grandmother, mother, and aunts weaving on our family loom for almost two decades now. But it was during Corona Iockdown that I developed a keen interest in Bodo traditional motifs and textiles, and it grew more and more as the years passed by. My late grandmother's wardrobe, which contains Bodo traditional attire from more than 60 years ago, is now my treasured possession. The memory of my grandmother teaching me how to make a shaft bar for a loom by wrapping small threads around a pipe still makes me nostalgic. I was in class 3 or 4 at that time, and the process was quite difficult for me to comprehend Bodo women can weave fairy tales on their looms. They are famous for their expertise in weaving intricate motifs and patterns. The traditional attire of Bodo women is called Dokhona. Dokhona is a one-piece cloth that covers from the chest down to t...