Author: moikikorim

This L-shaped spade is a digging tool made of iron blade and bamboo handle. The blade is bent towards the end of the handle. It is designed for moving soils and heavy materials and also used to digging in the agricultural fields as well as other domestic purposes.

This hammer is made of a long, slim stick attached to a heavier cylindrical head. Both bamboo and wood is used for making this hammer. It is used for breaking or hammering the hardened soil by beating. It is held by the end of the stick and beaten with the head.

Khofri is a conical hat made from tightly woven bamboo and/or cane splits. Leaf of tokou plant (Trachycarpus martianus) is used covering the hat for water-proofing. This is basically used while working in the paddy field as protective measures from sun and rain.

Generally, it is made out of bamboo or wood. This is an agricultural implement made of a long piece of wood. This is fixed across the necks of two animals such as bulls and buffalos so that they can pull the plough. This is an integral part of ploughing and bullock/buffalo cart. This wooden (also of bamboo) bar is placed on the neck of the pair of oxen while ploughing horizontally, which is again attached to the dilagon of the nangal (plough) with the help of a jute rope known as lengra dirung. It is basically operated by male farmers.

This long handled rake is used in the paddy field for taking out the debris and weeds and breaking the hard soil lumps. The horizontal part is formed by thin bamboo made teeth and the handle is made of thick wooden pole.

These are sleigh-shaped agricultural implements made of strips of split bamboo. Mwi is a kind of ladder and it is fixed with mwi dangur with the help of rope of jute. This implement is basically used for leveling the soil in the agricultural field during tillage. These are mostly operated with the help of bull or buffalo.

It is made of twisted split bamboo and fixed with wild leafs in such a way that it can takes the shape of a hood. Khopri protects farmers from the sun-heat and rain. The upper part of the Khopri is bended in such a way that farmers comfortably wear this upon their head.

Ukhoon is an implement used during harvesting and threshing. It is basically used in the process of loosening and separating the rice grains from the stem, leaf and panicle after reaping. These are also used while sun drying the rice stems and leafs as animal fodder.

Chandri is a bamboo made sieving tray which is circular in shape with rims at the edges. The main body is flat and rims are made of multiple bamboo strips tethered with the help of cane strings. The weaving of the bamboo splits is done in such a way that it can be used as a sieve. Chandris of various sizes are made for domestic purposes like sieving corns, paddy, and pulses for separating smaller gains and also used for washing fish and vegetables. Sometimes these are used for drying fish and other food items.