बाथौ आरज बिजाब- Bathou prayer song book

Description

बाथौ आरज बिजाब– is a book wich is a collection of Bathou Prayer songs compiled by Youth & Women Association, All Bathou Mahasabha.  “Bathou” is the ethnic religion of the Bodo community of Assam. The name Bathou (Ba=five; thou=deep) in Bodo means five principles. The five principles are: bar (air), orr (fire), ha (earth), dwi (water) and okhrang (ether). The chief deity, called Bathoubwrai (bwarai: “the Elder”)—omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent—is said to have created the five principles. Though there are other minor gods and goddesses, Bathoubwrai is considered the Supreme God. Bathoubwrai is unseen. The second most important deity is Mainao, the consort of Bathoubwrai, who is considered as the “protector of the rice fields”.