Boros
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Bodo language | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Bathouism, Bodo Brahma Dharma and Minority Christianity. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bodo-Kachari, Kachari people, Hajong people, Garo people, |
The Bodos (pronounced [boːɽoː]) are an ethnic and linguistic aboriginal group of the Brahmaputra valley in the northeast part of India. They are recognized as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Udalguri, Chirang, Baksa, Sonitpur, Goalpara, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Kokrajhar of Assam are considered the centre of the Bodo People. The Bodos living in West Bengal, Nepal are called Mech. The Bodos use the term Bodosa (which is pronounced as Borosa meaning son of Bodo) to describe themselves.
The Bodo people are the first inhabitants of the Brahmaputra Valley as said by E.A Gait and Rev. Sidney Endle. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.
The Bodo language is a Sino-Tibetan language officially written using Devanagari script. It was written using Latin Script and Assamese script in the past. Some scholars suggest the language used to have now lost script known as Deodhai.
Bodos traditionally practise Bathouism, which is the worshiping of forefathers, known as Obonglaoree. The shijou plant (Euphorbia genus) is taken as the symbol of Bathou and worshiped. It is also claimed as the supreme god. In Bodo language, Ba means five and thou means deep. As Bodos believe in five mighty elements of God, which are Land, Water, Air, Fire and Sky, five has become a significant number in the Bathou religion.
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