Bodo dance

Guwahati, Dec 23: Assam’s Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal shared a mesmerizing video of 500 young Bodo people performing the traditional ‘Bagurumba’ dance during the ISPL Football Tournament at Kokrajhar district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam.

While sharing the video on Twitter, Assam Minister wrote “Assam is a land of mesmerizingly diverse cultures & traditions. One such tradition is our Bodo tradition. Sharing an enthralling clip of 500 young, energetic Bodo sisters performing the enchanting traditional ‘Bagurumba’ dance during the ISPL Football Tournament at Kokrajhar.”

Boro or Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in Assam. Bodos is officially listed as a “Boro, Borokachari” scheduled tribe under the Constitution of India. The Bodo people are recognized as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and have special powers in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous division; and also as a minority people.


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The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), informally Bodoland, is an autonomous region and a proposed state in Assam, Northeast India. It is made up of five districts on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river below the foothills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.

Kokrajhar is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam. Kokrajhar town is located along the bank of the river Gaurang. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two divisions, north, and south Kokrajhar.