Bodo people

Tribal people and linguistic group

The Bagurumba is a traditional dance of the indigenous Boro people living in the State of Assam and North East India. It is also called butterfly dance because it's personification of movements of butterflies and birds. In this occasion, only the Boro women perform the dance, wearing their colourful traditional attire dokhna, jwmgra (fasra) and aronai. The dance is accompanied by handmade percussion instruments such as 'kham' (a long cylindrical drum, made of wood and goat skin or other animal’s skin), sifung (flute, carved out of bamboo), jota (made of iron/tama), serja (a bowed instrument, m

Indian songwriter

Indian politician

Indian Member of Parliament and Bodo-language writer

19th Chief Election Commissioner of India

overview of the Boro culture

Indian politician

religious festival of the Bodo-Kacharies of Assam, India