The Bullroarer Atlas

31 records · South Asia

Bullroarer records — South Asia

Bullroarer record pages from South Asia, grouped by present-day country. Each page keeps the record text, source line, image credit, and a link back to the same point on the interactive map.

Bangladesh 1

  1. Chittagong notched bladeChittagong District - Play / practical

India 27

  1. Khizabarui Khizami bullroarerNaga Hills / Khizami area - Play / practical
  2. Angami Khonoma boys toy and bird-scarer bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  3. Ao Naga ungungtsü boys-only illness-taboo bullroarerAo country, Mokokchung district, Nagaland (Naga Hills, Assam at time of source) - Play / practical
  4. Chakhesang boys' bird-scaring roarerNagaland (Phek), NE India - Play / practical
  5. Hill Maria ait, AbujhmarhAbujhmarh, Bastar State / Central Provinces - Play / practical
  6. Ho Singhbhum children's bull-roarerBihar and Orissa / Chota Nagpur - Play / practical
  7. Karbi toy spun for its whirrKarbi Anglong, Assam - Play / practical
  8. Khasi Hills bamboo bullroarerKhasi Hills - Sacred / spirit
  9. Calcutta toy bullroarerCalcutta / Kolkata - Play / practical
  10. Konyak Shiong boys toy bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  11. Konyak Tamlu kampi rain bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Weather / fertility magic
  12. Konyak ma, swung to call rainNagaland (Mon), NE India - Weather / fertility magic
  13. Konyak Naga rain-making bullroarer, WakchingNagaland / Mon District / Wakching - Weather / fertility magic
  14. Lhota Okotso threm-threm crop-season boys toyNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  15. Malabar bamboo child's toy bullroarerMalabar / Kerala - Play / practical
  16. Burunga, purely a toyBastar, Chhattisgarh - Play / practical
  17. Munda Ranchi children's bull-roarerBihar and Orissa / Chota Nagpur - Play / practical
  18. Muria Gond bull-roarer from Markabera, BastarBastar / Central Provinces - Play / practical
  19. Oraon Ranchi dormitory bullroarer emblemChota Nagpur / Ranchi - Restricted
  20. Rengma Meluri aowu-prurr boys toy bullroarerNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  21. Sangtam Naga toy bull-roarer on stickNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  22. Santal Monghyr-Singhbhum children's bull-roarerBihar and Orissa / Chota Nagpur - Sacred / spirit
  23. Sema Sumi bird-scarer and doorway-derivative bullroarersNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  24. Southern Sangtam Phorr athapuka tiger-attracting toyNaga Hills / present Nagaland - Play / practical
  25. Taru Thang held-implement figurePossibly c. 8500–3000 BC - Upper Ladakh [Zhungkor], Ladakh Union Territory - Function not recorded
  26. Thadou roarer that calls up spiritsNagaland/Manipur hills, NE India - Sacred / spirit
  27. Tipra (Tripuri) Ker-puja bhemra bullroarerFormer Tripura State / Tripura ritual sphere - Sacred / spirit

India / Pakistan (undivided Punjab at time of source) 1

  1. Punjab ghirknu children’s toyPunjab villages (undivided Punjab) - Play / practical

Sri Lanka 2

  1. Ceylon Buddhist ceremony bullroarerCeylon - Sacred / spirit
  2. SinhaleseCeylon (Colombo, Anuradhapura) - Play / practical