The Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai has granted the GI tag to eight products from the Assam region, including traditional food items and several unique varieties of rice beer. These includes three variants of rice beer;
- Bodo Jou Gwran: It has the highest percentage of alcohol (about 16.11%) when compared with other varieties of rice beer made by the Bodo community.
- Maibra Jou Bidwi: It is revered and served as a welcome drink by most Bodo tribes.
- Bodo Jou Gishi. It is a traditionally fermented rice-based alcoholic beverage.
Traditional food items include;
- Bodo Napham: An important and favourite dish,
- Bodo Ondla: a rice powder curry,
- Bodo Gwkha
- Bodo Narzi: A semi-fermented food.
Other items
- ‘Bodo Aronai: a small, beautiful cloth (1.5-2.5 meters long and 0.5 meter wide), also has the GI tag now following the application by the Association of Traditional Bodo Weavers.
