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However like Assam, Manipur, Burma and Southeast Asia culture of Tripura is characterized in small portion where people live in plain and hill areas. Tripura is a state in North East India. In the 2001 census of India, Bengalis represented almost 70% of the population and the Tripuri population comprised 30% of Tripura's population. The Tripuri ...
The Tripuris follow a traditional luni-solar calendar Tripurabda, which has 12 months and a 7-day week, like the Gregorian calendar. The Tripura Era's New Year is on the 1st of Vaishakh which corresponds to 14 or 15 of April of Common Era, depending on whether that year is a Leap year or not. The months are named in pan Indian months, time ...
Kumajwk, the traditional birth assistant, chooses a nickname for the newborn baby. The period of unholiness among the Tripuri is fixed for eight days. During the period of unholiness the mother is forbidden to do any household work. The whole family is prohibited from joining any worship or any religious ceremony during this period.
The dance is one of the traditional dances of the Marma clans of Tripura, who will also perform the Sangrai dance. The Marmas, also known as Mogs, are Buddhists; and the Owa -Cho -labre is one of their main Buddhist festivals. The Mogs celebrate the Owa festival on the full moon day of Ashwin in the Bengali calendar. They attend the Buddhist ...
Tripura (/ ˈ t r ɪ p ʊr ə,-ər ə /) [10] is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km 2 (4,051 sq mi); and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. [11] It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east and by Bangladesh to the north, south and west. [12]
Tripuri man in traditional attire. Male counterpart used to wear 'Duti borok' for the loin and 'Kamchwlwi borok' for the upper part of the body. But in the modern age very few people are wearing these dress except in the rural Tripura and working class.
Tripuri cuisine is the type of traditional foods of the Tripuri people served in the northeastern region of India (mainly Tripura) and Bangladesh. [1] The Tripuri cuisine reflect the organic lifestyle and evolving cultural trend with times from its natural Jhum (Huk) to now settled farming.
The Tripuri community has its own traditional sports, which are called Thwngmung in the Kokborok, the Tripuri language.In recent years these traditional sports are being gradually abandoned as more people become attracted to modern games and sports, but some of the sports are still played today and preferred in rural Tripura.