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Tripuri People
Tripuri refer to: *Tripuri people, an ethnic group in India and Bangladesh, also known as Tipra people **Tripuri language ** Tripuri nationalism **Tripuri calendar **Tripuri culture **Tripuri cuisine **Tripuri dances ** Tripuri dress ** Tripuri games and sports *Tripuri Kshatriya, a Vaishnav caste group including almost all the members of the Tripuri, Reang, Jamatia and Noatia ethnic groups * Tripuri, Madhya Pradesh, ancient Kalchuri capital near Jabalpur *Twipra Kingdom, also called the Tripuri Kingdom *Tripura (princely state), a British protectorate from 1809 to 1949 *Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ..., a state in northeast India See also * Tipra (other) * Tripura (other) {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri People
The Tripuri people (Kokborok language, Kókborok: ''Tripuri dópha rok''), also known as Tripura, Tipra, Twipra, Tipperah, are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Northeast India, Indian state of Tripura and Bangladesh. They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India, North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Twipra Kingdom, Kingdom of Tripura for over 600 years starting from 1400 A.D. until the kingdom joined the Dominion of India, Indian Union on 15 October 1949. Ancestral origins The Tripuri are part of the Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. Historical accounts suggest that they migrated from the upper courses of the Yangzi River, Yangtze and Yellow River, Hwang Ho rivers in Western China. Over time, they moved through the Himalayas, eventually settling in the region now known as Tripura. Ethnically, Tripuris belong to the Indo-Mongoloid origin and linguistically fall within the Tibeto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Language
Kokborok (or Tripuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kók'' meaning "verbal" or "language" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or "human", It is one of the ancient languages of Northeast India. History Kokborok was formerly known as Tripuri and Tipra kok, with its name being changed in the 20th century. The names also refer to the inhabitants of the former Twipra kingdom, as well as the ethnicity of its speakers. According to an oral history, Kókborok has been attested since at least the 1st century AD, when the historical record of Tripuri kings began to be written down in a book called the ''Rajratnakar'' or ''Rajmala'', using a script for Kókborok called "Koloma", by the scholar and priest Durlabendra Chantai (also spelled Durlobendra Chontai). In the early 15th century, under the reign of Dharma Manikya I, two Brahmins, Sukreswar and Vaneswar, compiled a ''Rajmala'', translating it int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Nationalism
Tripuri Nationalism is an ideology that supports self-determination by the Tripuri people. The conflict is in essence ethnic and the Tripuri community, indigenous to the region formed the clear majority of population in the princely state of Tippera, which joined the Republic of India in 1949 as the state of Tripura. The issue has led to a number of armed uprisings and Insurgency in Tripura. There was a rebellion in 1950, and armed conflict continued to erupt in the 1980s to 2000s. Since 1989, the armed rebellion was mostly led by the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and the All Tripura Tiger Force ATTF). The Bengali side retaliated by forming militias of their own, such as the United Bengali Liberation Tiger Front (UBLTF), which destroyed a number of Tripuri villages in 2000. The NLFT is classified by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism as one of the ten most active terrorist groups in the world, and has been accused of forcefully conve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Calendar
The Tripuri calendar is the traditional solar calendar used by the Tripuri people, especially in the context of Tripuri irredentism. Its era, the "Twipra Era", "Tripura Era" or ''Tripurabda'' is set at 15 April AD 590. The Tripura Era's New Year is on the 1st of Vaishak 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 since its inception 1419 years back by Tripur king Hamtorfa alias Himtifa alias Jujharufa in 512 Saka Era. Historically, the Tripura Era was prevalent in all official matters of the princely state of Tippera under the British Raj. Tradition holds that the era marks the conquest of Bengal by the 118th Tripuri king in the '' Rajmala'' chronicle, Hamtor Fa (also ''Jujaru Fa'' or ''Himti'' or ''Birraj''). In historical reality, however, the Tripuri era, just as the Bengali era, is an adoption of the Mughal '' Fasli era'' introduced by emperor Akbar in 1563. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Culture
The Tripuri people, Tripuri culture of North-East India has many distinctive features. Rules The rules followed by the Tripuris are: # Lineage # Property ownership # Right to property in early era # Right to property in the present day # Marriage system as a whole # Traditional dress # Prohibition in pregnancy # Birth rituals # Abul suhmani # Death rituals # Purification bath Lineage The lineage in Tripuri is called ''sandai'' or ''bosong''. Most Tripuri groups or sub-groups are named after an animal or bird. All the sub-groups of Tripuri lineage are patriarchal. Because the members of a lineage are related, their behavior pattern is also similar to a certain extent. The adopted son bears the lineage identity of the foster parents. The unmarried daughters belong to the lineage of their fathers or brothers. After marriage the daughter follows her husband's lineage. Property ownership The property of the Tripuris may be classified under two headings: # Ancestral property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Cuisine
Tripuri cuisine is the type of traditional foods of the Tripuri people served in the northeastern region of India (mainly Tripura) and Bangladesh. The Tripuri cuisine reflect the organic lifestyle and evolving cultural trend with times from its natural Jhum (Huk) to now settled farming. History Dishes Mui Borok Soups and stews Tripuri meal have a prominent stew dish known as Berma Bwtwi. These stews are prepared from different vegetables ingredients with the flavouring of fermented fish Berma. Mosdeng Mosdeng are a popular side-dish of a Tripuri meal. It is prepared with chilli, herbs, onion, and any kind of seasonal vegetable. Beverages Chuak See also * Tripuri culture * Tripuri people The Tripuri people (Kokborok language, Kókborok: ''Tripuri dópha rok''), also known as Tripura, Tipra, Twipra, Tipperah, are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Northeast India, Indian state of Tripura and Bangladesh. They are the descend ... References {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Dances
The Dances of Tripura refer to several forms of folk dance performed in the state of Tripura in northeastern India. These dances are performed by the Tripuri (the largest regional ethnic group) and Mog (or Marma) peoples, during annual regional celebrations, such as sowing and harvesting festivals. The dancers The Tripuris comprise over half the tribal population of Tripura. They live in the hills of Tripura and are jhum cultivators. Their dances and festivals revolve around the agricultural seasons. Other large local groups, such as the Marmas , Halams, and Reangs share in and conduct their versions of these dance festivals as well. Types of dances Goria/Garia The Tripuris practice ''jhum'', or shifting cultivation and the Goria Puja festival marks the commencement of their sowing season. ''Garia'' is commemorated through the Garia dance that accompanies the prayers and pujas for a bountiful harvest and is held in April. The Goria or Garia dance is performed at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Dress
Tripuris have their own traditional dresses. This type of dress is similar to that of the rest of the North-East Indian people, but the pattern and design differs significantly. Female dresses The dress for women for the lower half of the body is called a ''rignai'' in Tripuri. For the upper half of the body, the cloth has two parts: the ''risa'' and the ''rikutu''. The ''risa'' covers the chest part, and the ''rikutu covers whole of upper half of the body. In the yesteryears these garments used to be woven by the ladies by home spun thread made from the cotton. Nowadays the threads are bought from the market and the ''risa'' is not worn; instead a blouse is worn by most Tripuri women because of convenience. In the present day, young girls are wearing rignai with tops as well. Rignai designs Each of the clans of Tripuri has their own ''rignai'' pattern and design. The pattern of the ''rignai'' are so distinct that the clan of a Tripuri woman can be identified by the patte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Games And Sports
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. Some of these sports are listed below. Achugwi Phan Sohlaimung This is a type of wrestling, played between two young men to test their strength. The players sit on the ground facing each other and spread their legs. A thin tree or bamboo pole is placed between them for staking their legs. The two contenders hold horizontally a piece of bamboo, approximately two and half cubits in length, which remains high above the ground between them. When pulling begins, each contender tries to pull the bamboo towards his own side. Bumanikotor Bumanikotor is a type of hide and seek game, played in two groups. While one group hides, the other tries to find the hidden gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri Kshatriya
Tripuri Kshatriya is a Vaishnav Vaishnavism () ), also called Vishnuism, is one of the major Hindu traditions, that considers Vishnu as the sole supreme being leading all other Hindu deities, that is, ''Mahavishnu''. It is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Sh ... caste group which encompasses almost all the members of the Tripuri people, Tripuri, Reang, Jamatia and Noatia ethnic groups, most of whom live in the Indian state of Tripura. The Manikya Dynasty, Tripuri Royal Family belonged to the manikya or royal clan, from the Indigenous clan. Originally the term "Tripur Kshatriya" was used to denote the royal court members only, but in due time, the Maharajah included the remaining four ethnic groups as well, in an attempt to foster a sense of kinship among his people. With the influx of the Bengali immigrants from neighboring places, the Tripuris lost their majority in their own kingdom and the Maharajah's power was taken away by the Indian government. Formerly, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripuri, Madhya Pradesh
Tewar is a village in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the site of Tripuri, an ancient city-state, and the capital of the later Kalachuris during the 8th–13th centuries. Etymology Tewar was originally known as "Tripuri" (literally, "three cities"), a Sanskrit-language name that occurs in ancient literature and inscriptions, sometimes with the variation "Tripura". "Tirpuri", the Prakrit form of the name, can be found on copper coins dated to the 2nd century BCE or earlier. The 11th-century Iranian scholar Al-Biruni mentions the town as "Tiori". The modern name of the town may be derived from "Tiura", a corruption of "Tripura". According to the Puranic legends, the name of the town derives from the three forts built by the three demons, collectively known as Tripurasura. History The town of Tripuri may have been settled since the late Chalcolithic period. During 1951–52, a Sagar University team led by M G Dixit conducted excavations at Tewar, and fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twipra Kingdom
The Twipra Kingdom (), anglicized as Tipperah, was one of the largest historical kingdoms of the Tripuri people in Northeast India. Legend A list of legendary Tripuri kings is given in the Rajmala chronicle, a 15th-century chronicle in Bengali written by the court pandits of Dharma Manikya I (r. 1431). The chronicle traces the king's ancestry to the mythological Lunar Dynasty. Druhyu, the son of Yayati, became king of the land of Kirata and constructed a city named Trivega on the bank of Kapila river. His kingdom was bounded by the river Tairang on the north, Acaranga on the south, Mekhali on the east, Koch and Vanga on the west. The daughter of the King of Hedamba was married to King Trilochona of Trivega. The King of Hedamba, having no heir, made the eldest son of Trilochona the king of his land. After the death of Trilochona, his second son Daksina became King of Tripura. Daksina shared the wealth of the kingdom among his eleven brothers. Being the eldest son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
