Tripuri childrens in traditional attire grouping up for song presentation

A beautiful and colourful pattern of rigwnai.

The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the state of Tripura in North East India. The Tripuri people through the Royal family of the Debbarman's ruled the state of Tripura for more than 1400 years till the kingdom joined the Indian Union in 1949. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1537x991, 1836 KB)Description: Tripuri childrens singing in a group. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1537x991, 1836 KB)Description: Tripuri childrens singing in a group. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Risa01. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Risa01. ... The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the state of Tripura in North East India. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ... Debbarma is the surname or the title generally used by the Tripuri peoples of Tripura state in India. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ...

The Tripuri's live on the slopes of hills in a group of five to fifty families. Their houses in these areas are built of bamboo or ua as it is called in Kokborok and raised five to six feet height to save themselves from the dangers of the wild animals. Nowadays a considerable section of this community are living in the plains and erecting houses like the plains' people adopting their methods of cultivation and following them in other aspects of life, such as dress, manners and cosmetics. Tripuri women rear a scarp, called Pachra, which reaches down just below the knee. They weave in their loin-loom a small piece of cloth, which they call Risa, and they use this small piece of cloth as their breast garment. Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... Kokborok is the native language of the Tripuri community in the northeast Indian state of Tripura. ... Risa is a fictional planet in the Star Trek universe, renowned as a pleasure resort and frequently used by Starfleet members (including Commander Riker and Captain Picard of the Enterprise-D) for shore leave around the time of the 24th century. ...

History

The Tripuri people are an Mongoloid race and are considered part of the Tibeto-Burmese ethnical group. Originally they migrated from near the upper courses of the Yangtze kiang and the Hwang Ho rivers in Western China. They had left China long before the Sui dynasty came to power. At the time of migration they were animists. So it may be reasonably assumed that they migrated before 65 AD, the year Buddhism was introduced in China. The common reference to the Mongoloid people as "Kiratas" and "Cinas" in the early Sanskrit texts of India unmistakably indicates that they came down to the Assam valley long before the dawn of Christian era. Typical Mongoloid Skull A portrait of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan; the Mongolians, for which the term Mongoloid was named after, are an example of the prototype Northern Mongoloid. ... Length 6,380 km Elevation of the source  ? m Average discharge 31,900 m³/s Area watershed 1,800,000 km² Origin Qinghai Province and Tibet Mouth East China Sea Basin countries China The Chang Jiang (Simplified Chinese: 长江; Traditional Chinese: 長江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng; Wade-Giles: Chang Chiang... For other Yellow Rivers, see Yellow River (disambiguation). ... The Sui Dynasty (Chinese: 隋朝; Hanyu Pinyin: 581-618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Buddhism (also known as Buddha Dharma, meaning approximately Law of the Awakening) is a religion, a practical philosophy, and arguably a psychology, focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama), who lived in ancient India most likely from the mid-6th to the early 5th century BCE... The Kiratas are one of the earliest inahbitants of Nepal. ... The Chinas or Ciñas are a people mentionned in ancient Indian sources at the beginning of our era, such as the Manu Smriti, the Mahabharata as well as in the Puranic literature. ... Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम् ; pronunciation: ) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ...

Another patern of beautiful rigwnai.

Tripuris entered their present country through its north-eastern corner , settled there and gradually expanded their settlement and suzerainty over the whole of Tripura. They were able to expand their influence as far south as Chittagong, as far west as Comilla and Noakhali (known during the British period as 'plains Tipwrah') and as far north as Sylhet (all in present Bangladesh). Hardly their forefathers could imagine that their descendents were destined to build a strong monarchy and resist the advance of the Mughals. The ruling dynasty passed through several vicissitudes of history and ruled Tripura for several centuries till up to 14 October 1949, the day Tripura was annexed by India. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x816, 728 KB)Description: Risa, the cloth wored on breast by Tripuri women folk. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x816, 728 KB)Description: Risa, the cloth wored on breast by Tripuri women folk. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ... Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, Chôţţogram) is the major seaport and second largest city of Bangladesh. ... Comilla (3085. ... Noakhali is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh. ... Shah Jalal Mazar (Tomb) Sylhet is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ...

The main Tripuri tribes, viz..

1. Debbarma or Tipra , from which the royal family Debbarman ruled the kingdom. Debbarma is the surname or the title generally used by the Tripuri peoples of Tripura state in India. ... The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the state of Tripura in North East India. ... Debbarma is the surname or the title generally used by the Tripuri peoples of Tripura state in India. ...

2. Reang or Bru Reang or Riang, as it may be spelt, is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ...

3. Jamatia Baba Goria celebrations of the Jamatia Hoda Jamatia is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ...

4. Koloi Koloi is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ...

5. Noatia Noatia is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ...

6. Murasing Murasing is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ...

7. Halam

8. Uchoi Uchoi is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ...

Language

The Tripuri people mainly speak various dialects of Kokborok, the standard dialect of the Debbarma tribe spoken around Agartala and the second official language of Tripura. There are estimated to be 800,000 speakers of the various dialects of Kokborok. Kokborok is the native language of the Tripuri community in the northeast Indian state of Tripura. ... Debbarma is the surname or the title generally used by the Tripuri peoples of Tripura state in India. ... Agartala is the capital of the Indian state of Tripura. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ... Kokborok is the native language of the Tripuri community in the northeast Indian state of Tripura. ...

Society

Lebang Bumani dance that was performed during Tripura Baptist Youth Fellowship 2005 that was organized on 28-30 January 2005 in Khumulwng

The indigenous Tripuri people comprises of various hill tribal communities viz., Tipra, Reang, Jamatia, Kaipeng, Noatia, Koloi, Halam,etc. who migrated to this land in successive waves in the ancient past. They grew in isolation and were sometimes subjugated by one another. Each community had its own elementary social and administrative organization starting from the village level and up to the chieftainship of the whole tribe. The tribes enjoy their traditional freedom based on the concept of self-determination. The relation between the king and the subject tribes was as Maharaja (king) of Tripura-Missip or liaison officer Roy of Headman of the tribe - Sardar of chief of the village-the individual. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1361x683, 1082 KB)Edit this file using an external applicationSee the setup instructions for more information. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1361x683, 1082 KB)Edit this file using an external applicationSee the setup instructions for more information. ... The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the state of Tripura in North East India. ... Reang or Riang, as it may be spelt, is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ... Baba Goria celebrations of the Jamatia Hoda Jamatia is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ... Noatia is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ... Koloi is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. ... The word Maharaja (also spelled maharajah) is Hindi as well as ancient Sanskrit for high king (a karmadharaya from maha great and rajan king). Its use is primarily for Hindu potentates (ruler or sovereign). ... Roy may refer to: Places Roy, New Mexico, USA Roy, Utah, USA Roy, Washington, USA People Family name Arundhati Roy, an Indian novelist and peace activist Indra Lal Roy, an Indian flying ace of World War I M. N. Roy, an Indian-born philosopher and 20th century revolutionary in India... Sardar, in some senses also Sirdar (Persian: سردار ) (, IPA ) is a Persian word meaning commander. ...

The Tripuri people have a rich historical, social and cultural heritage which is totally distinct from that of the mainland Indians, their distinctive culture as reflected in their dance, music, festivals, management of community affairs, dress and food habit has a strong Mongoloid Base. Kokborok, the linguafranca of the twelve largest linguistic groups of the indigenous Tripuris and other dialects spoken in Trpura are of the Tibeto-Burman group as distinct from those spoken in India. There is no influence whatsoever of from those spoken by other Mongoloid peoples in the North-eastern region. For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Music is a form of expression in the medium of time using the structures of tones and silence. ... A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... The term dress may refer to either clothing or attire in general a specific type of garment, discussed in the article on skirt and dress This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Typical Mongoloid Skull A portrait of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan; the Mongolians, for which the term Mongoloid was named after, are an example of the prototype Northern Mongoloid. ... Kokborok is the native language of the Tripuri community in the northeast Indian state of Tripura. ... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (Burmese language), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Mong language), Nepal, Bhutan, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and the Ladakh region of...

Issues

The Tripuri people have been reduced to a minority in Tripura due to the large scale migration of the Bengali people since Tripura kingdom joined India from 1949. From a majority of 80% population in 1901 census they constituted just 30% according to the 2001 census of India. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ... The Bengali people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia with a history going back more than two millennia. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ...

These has resulted in wide-spread insurgency and militancy in the state with groups such as TNV (Tripura National Volunteers, NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) and ATTF (All Tripura Tiger Force), whose main motive is to secede from India and drive away the Bengali people and regain the independence the kingdom. Tripura National Volunteers (initially called Tribal National Volunteers) was a group that launched an armed struggle in the early 1980s separate Tripura from India. ... The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed in December 1989 for the purpose of seceding from India in order to create an independent state of Tripura. ... The Bengali people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia with a history going back more than two millennia. ...

See also

• Bodo people
• Kokborok
• Kokborok Literature
• Tripuri Dances

A Bodo girl in the traditional Bodo dokhna. ... Kokborok is the native language of the Tripuri community in the northeast Indian state of Tripura. ... Kokborok language, the language of the Tripura Kingdom has gone through a decent development in the 20th century. ... The Tripuris constitute the weightiest section of the entire indigeneous population of the State of Tripura. ...

External links

• Tripuri photo profile
• twipra.com A Tripuri website
• boroksite A Kokborok literary website
• Tripuri community profile and issues
• Photographs of the Tripuri
• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/tripura.htm