There are many different dances of the

Tripuri people The Tripuri (also known as Tripura, Tipra, Tiprasa, Twipra) are an ethnic group originating in the Indian state of Tripura. They are the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through t ...

, the largest ethnic group in the state of Tripura.

Types of dances

Goria

The Goria dance is performed during the Goria puja festival, in the month of April, and includes people from other ethnic groups in addition to the Tripuri themselves. The dance is accompanied by drums and

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,Debapriya Deb Barman, ''Treatise on Traditional Social Institutions of the Tripuri Community'', p. 104, Directorate of Research, Department of Welfare for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, Government of Tripura, 1984 and consists of both sexes dancing from village to village in a gradually increasing tempo through various mudra which mimic the movements of different aspects of nature.

Hai-hak

Hai-hak is a dance which is specific to the Halam community within the Tripuri. It is performed to honor the goddess

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after the annual harvest, and is typically done at her place of worship.

Hojagiri

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is a dance performed by young women of the Reang clan. It consists of four to six members in a team singing and balancing various objects on their head and hands, while only moving the lower half of the body.

Jhum

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is a dance which is typically performed by girls and boys.

Lebang Boomani

Both men and women participate in the Lebang Boomani dance. The men use

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clappers called ''tokkas'' to set a beat while the women join them waving colorful scarves to catch the lebang. The rhythmic play of the clappers is thought to attract the lebang out of their hiding places allowing the women to catch them. The dance is accompanied by musical instruments like the flute, khamb, the

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''pung'', and the sarinda. Women adorn themselves with silver chains and bangles and ear and nose rings made of bronze.

Mamita

The Mamita dance is performed at the Mamita Festival, the harvest festival of the Tripuri people.

Mosak sumani

Mosak sumani is a dance which is performed as a hunting ritual. It mimics the act of hunting through elaborate gestures.

Owa

The dance is one of the traditional dances of the Mog people of Tripura, who also perform the Sangrai dance. The 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

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. They attend the Buddhist temple, and later launch paper boats or toy boats in the river.

Sangrai

The Sangrai dance is also performed by the Mog tribe during the Sangrai festival in April.

References

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