Kokrajhar Museum

Garment & Textiles

traditional dress

Name of the Object:

Local Name:

Community:

Material:

Measurements (in cm):

Period:

Description:

Traditional dress

Dokhona

Bodo

Cotton

Max. Length: 264 cm, Max. Height: 125 cm

Modern

Dokhona is traditional dress of the Bodo women. It is a one-piece garment that is wrapped around a body in a unique style and has generous look of two-piece wear. A Dokhona covers the whole body from chest to the legs by wrapping over the waist one round at a time. It has vertical stripes in pink, green and white. The stripes are further decorated with symmetrical zigzag and square patterns.

Don`t copy text!