About Karbi Traditional Ornaments & Jewelry Name with Images

A beautiful Karbi girl attire 
their traditional dress and ornaments.

 The Karbi is the major tribal ethnic group of the Karbi Anglong district of Assam and have their own traditional dresses, ornaments, dances, music, and folk songs. The cloth they wear is homemade from locally grown cotton or eri silk. Even though agriculture is the primary occupation, the handloom industry is very much common to all Karbi families. Rearing the Eri silkworm, spinning and weaving are not only common practices among them, but these are inseparable parts of their culture. Therefore women without the knowledge of spinning and weaving are unthinkable in the Karbi society. The Karbi people can be easily recognized by their traditional dresses and the ornaments which are artistically designed and inherited from their forefathers. The Karbi costumes more or less are similar to those of the Khasis.

Trandionallly, Karbi folk artisans hand-crafted pieces of jewelry of brass, silver, and gold depicting simple cultural patterns and symbols in the varieties of Roi (bangle), Nothengpi (earring), Lek (necklace), and other such ornaments which are briefly discussed below.

Roi (bangle)

Roi is a bangle made of brass, silver, or gold which are worn by both males and females. It comes from various designs and names, giving the wearer a distinctive style. Roi has a range of designs that include- Roi pengkhara, Ingki amek aroi and Pinso.

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Arnan is a ring. It is also a piece of popular jewelry crafted out of brass, silver, and gold with coins.

Lek hiki (necklace)

Lek hiki or necklace made of brass, silver, or gold, the varieties worn by both males and females are Lek ruve, Lek tangka.

An elder Karbi woman wore Nothengpi earrings.

Nothengpi, literally ear-wood, is worn by elderly Karbi women who take pride in stretching the holes of the ear lobes to fit the circumference of a regular-sized bamboo tube which was a high fashion in older days. Giving an account of Nothengpi, A characteristic ornament is a large silver tube inserted into the lobe of the ear which is much distended thereby; this is called Kadengchinro and weighs three/four rupees.

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