Tripura Folk Music & Dance

Folk Dances of Tripura

Garia Dance: 

This is a folk dance performed in Tripura State. The life and culture of people of Tripura revolves around Jhum culture i.e.shifting cultivation. When the of seeds are sowed at a plot of land that selected for Jhum is over by the month of middle of April, they do prayers for good future. They pray to the God `Garia` for a happy harvest. The celebration is attached to the Garia Puja that lasts about for seven days. In these seven days, they seek to entertain their beloved deity with song and dance. 

Lebang Boomani Dance: 

When the Garia festival is over, the Tripuris have a time to take rest & relax with waiting for the monsoon. During this period, charming colorful insects called `Lebang` use to visit hill slopes in search of seeds sewn on it. 

This is an annual visit of the insects. This gives the tribal youths to indulge in merry-making process. For this the men-folk make a peculiar rhythmic sound with the help of two bamboo chips held in their hand and the women folk run tottering the hill slopes to catch hold of these insects called `Lebang`. In this way they come together accidentally. 

As the rhythm of the sound produced by the bamboo chips is such that it attracts the insects from their hiding places and the women in-groups come across catching them. Today, with time jhuming on hill slopes are gradually diminishing from this part. But the cultural life that developed centering round the jhum delved deep into the social life of these people. It still can be found in the state`s hills and dales as a reminiscence of the life. The tribal of today`s time cherishes in memory with such attachments and preserves this as a treasure. For this Tripuris use the musical instruments like Khamb made of Bamboo, Flute, Sarinda, Lebang made of bamboo and bamboo cymbal. 

Tripuri women are fond of ornaments. Generally, for this occasion they wear an indigenous ornaments like chain made of silver with coin, bangle made of silver, ear and nose rings made of bronze to look good. They also adore flowers as ornaments. 

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