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[[File:Traditional dress of Tripura.jpg|thumb|Tripuri couple in traditional attire]] | [[File:Traditional dress of Tripura.jpg|thumb|Tripuri couple in traditional attire]] | ||
[[File:Durga Puja DS.jpg|thumb|left|[[Durga Puja]] is the major festival of Tripura]] | [[File:Durga Puja DS.jpg|thumb|left|[[Durga Puja]] is the major festival of Tripura]] | ||
The diverse ethno-linguistic groups of Tripura have given rise to a composite culture.<ref name="comp book">{{cite book|title=Human rights and indigenous peoples| last=Das|first=J.K|publisher=APH Publishing|year=2001|isbn=978-81-7648-243-1|page=215}}</ref><ref name="nkc compos">{{cite web|url=http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/nkc_northEast.pdf|title=Tripura: a composite culture|work=Glimpses from the North-East|last=Chaudhury|first=Saroj|publisher=[[National Knowledge Commission]]|year=2009|pages=55–61|access-date=5 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911012156/http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/nkc_northEast.pdf|archive-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> The major Tripuri clans are [[Debbarma]], [[Jamatia]], [[Reang]], Tripura, [[Noatia]]. And there are tribal groups such as [[Murasing]], Chakma, [[Halam (ethnic group)|Halam]], Garo, Kuki, [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Uchoi]], Dhamai, Roaza, [[Mogh]] Munda, [[Oraon]] and [[Santhal people|Santhal]] who migrated in Tripura as tea labourers.<ref name="19 st" /> Bengali people represent the largest ethno-linguist community of the state. Bengali culture, as a result, is the main non-indigenous culture. The Tripuri Maharajas were great patrons of Bengali culture, especially literature;<ref name="Paul2010">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubVIbIN9UwsC|title=The eyewitness: tales from Tripura's ethnic conflict|last=Paul|first=Manas|date=19 April 2010|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-1-935501-15-2|page=104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514222457/http://books.google.com/books?id=ubVIbIN9UwsC|archive-date=14 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bengali language]] replaced [[Kokborok]] as the language of the court.<ref name="Boland-CreweLea2002">{{cite book|last1=Boland-Crewe|first1=Tara|last2=Lea|first2=David|title=The territories and states of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrNCaYCriicC|date=15 November 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-148-3|page=238|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514220600/http://books.google.com/books?id=JrNCaYCriicC|archive-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> Elements of Bengali culture, such as [[Bengali literature]], [[Bengali music]], and [[Bengali cuisine]] are widespread, particularly in the urban areas of the state.<ref name="Sircar2006">{{cite book|last=Sircar|first=Kaushik|title=The consumer in the north-east: new vistas for marketing|year=2006|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-0023-5}}</ref>{{rp|110}}<ref>Prakash (ed.), ''Encyclopaedia of North-east India'', vol. 5, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ixSANFgMjW0C&pg=PA2268 p. 2268] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502180050/https://books.google.com/books?id=ixSANFgMjW0C&pg=PA2268 |date=2 May 2016 }}</ref> | The diverse ethno-linguistic groups of Tripura have given rise to a composite culture.<ref name="comp book">{{cite book|title=Human rights and indigenous peoples| last=Das|first=J.K|publisher=APH Publishing|year=2001|isbn=978-81-7648-243-1|page=215}}</ref><ref name="nkc compos">{{cite web|url=http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/nkc_northEast.pdf|title=Tripura: a composite culture|work=Glimpses from the North-East|last=Chaudhury|first=Saroj|publisher=[[National Knowledge Commission]]|year=2009|pages=55–61|access-date=5 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911012156/http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/nkc_northEast.pdf|archive-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> The major Tripuri clans are [[Debbarma]], [[Jamatia]], [[Reang]], [[Tripura (Tribe)|Tripura]], [[Noatia]]. And there are tribal groups such as [[Murasing]], Chakma, [[Halam (ethnic group)|Halam]], Garo, Kuki, [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Uchoi]], Dhamai, Roaza, [[Mogh]] Munda, [[Oraon]] and [[Santhal people|Santhal]] who migrated in Tripura as tea labourers.<ref name="19 st" /> Bengali people represent the largest ethno-linguist community of the state. Bengali culture, as a result, is the main non-indigenous culture. The Tripuri Maharajas were great patrons of Bengali culture, especially literature;<ref name="Paul2010">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubVIbIN9UwsC|title=The eyewitness: tales from Tripura's ethnic conflict|last=Paul|first=Manas|date=19 April 2010|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-1-935501-15-2|page=104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514222457/http://books.google.com/books?id=ubVIbIN9UwsC|archive-date=14 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bengali language]] replaced [[Kokborok]] as the language of the court.<ref name="Boland-CreweLea2002">{{cite book|last1=Boland-Crewe|first1=Tara|last2=Lea|first2=David|title=The territories and states of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrNCaYCriicC|date=15 November 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-148-3|page=238|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514220600/http://books.google.com/books?id=JrNCaYCriicC|archive-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> Elements of Bengali culture, such as [[Bengali literature]], [[Bengali music]], and [[Bengali cuisine]] are widespread, particularly in the urban areas of the state.<ref name="Sircar2006">{{cite book|last=Sircar|first=Kaushik|title=The consumer in the north-east: new vistas for marketing|year=2006|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-0023-5}}</ref>{{rp|110}}<ref>Prakash (ed.), ''Encyclopaedia of North-east India'', vol. 5, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ixSANFgMjW0C&pg=PA2268 p. 2268] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502180050/https://books.google.com/books?id=ixSANFgMjW0C&pg=PA2268 |date=2 May 2016 }}</ref> | ||
Tripura is noted for bamboo and cane handicrafts.<ref name="nkc compos" /> Bamboo, wood and cane are used to create an array of furniture, utensils, hand-held fans, replicas, mats, baskets, idols and interior decoration materials.<ref name="Chakraborty2006"/>{{rp|39–41}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tripura.nic.in/han3.htm|title=Handicrafts|publisher=Government of Tripura|access-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410083950/http://www.tripura.nic.in/han3.htm|archive-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> Music and dance are integral to the culture of the state. Some local musical instruments are the ''[[sarinda]]'', ''[[Musical instruments of Tripura#Chongpreng|chongpreng]]'' (both string instruments), and ''[[sumui]]'' (a type of [[flute]]).<ref name="Tripura gazet 1975"/>{{rp|344–5}} Each indigenous community has its own repertoire of songs and dances performed during weddings, religious occasions, and other festivities. The Tripuri and Jamatia people perform [[goria dance]] during the [[Goria puja]]. [[Jhum dance]] (also called tangbiti dance), [[lebang dance]], [[mamita dance]], and [[mosak sulmani dance]] are other Tripuri dance forms.<ref name="ttaadc culture">{{cite web|url=http://www.ttaadc.nic.in/folkCultureofTripura.pdf |title=The folk dance and music of Tripura |publisher=Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council |access-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402002735/http://www.ttaadc.nic.in/folkCultureofTripura.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2013 }}</ref> Reang community, the second largest scheduled tribe of the state, is noted for its [[hojagiri dance]] that is performed by young girls balanced on earthen pitchers.<ref name="ttaadc culture"/> [[Bizhu dance]] is performed by the Chakmas during the Bizhu festival (the last day of the month of ''[[Chaitra]]'' in [[Hindu calendar]]). Other dance forms include [[wangala]] dance of the Garo people, [[hai-hak dance]] of the Halam branch of Kuki people, and [[sangrai dance]] and [[owa dance]] of the Mog.<ref name="ttaadc culture"/> Alongside such traditional music, mainstream Indian musical elements such as [[Indian classical music]] and [[Indian classical dance|dance]], [[Rabindra Sangeet]] are also practised.<ref name="Hazarika2000">{{cite book|last=Hazarika|first=Sanjoy|title=Rites of passage: border crossings, imagined homelands, India's east and Bangladesh|year=2000|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-100422-8|page=169}}</ref> [[Sachin Dev Burman]], a member of the royal family, was a maestro in the [[filmi]] genre of Indian music.<ref name="Ganti2004">{{cite book|last=Ganti|first=Tejaswini|title=Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema|date=24 August 2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-28853-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/109 109]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/109}}</ref> | Tripura is noted for bamboo and cane handicrafts.<ref name="nkc compos" /> Bamboo, wood and cane are used to create an array of furniture, utensils, hand-held fans, replicas, mats, baskets, idols and interior decoration materials.<ref name="Chakraborty2006"/>{{rp|39–41}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tripura.nic.in/han3.htm|title=Handicrafts|publisher=Government of Tripura|access-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410083950/http://www.tripura.nic.in/han3.htm|archive-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> Music and dance are integral to the culture of the state. Some local musical instruments are the ''[[sarinda]]'', ''[[Musical instruments of Tripura#Chongpreng|chongpreng]]'' (both string instruments), and ''[[sumui]]'' (a type of [[flute]]).<ref name="Tripura gazet 1975"/>{{rp|344–5}} Each indigenous community has its own repertoire of songs and dances performed during weddings, religious occasions, and other festivities. The Tripuri and Jamatia people perform [[goria dance]] during the [[Goria puja]]. [[Jhum dance]] (also called tangbiti dance), [[lebang dance]], [[mamita dance]], and [[mosak sulmani dance]] are other Tripuri dance forms.<ref name="ttaadc culture">{{cite web|url=http://www.ttaadc.nic.in/folkCultureofTripura.pdf |title=The folk dance and music of Tripura |publisher=Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council |access-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402002735/http://www.ttaadc.nic.in/folkCultureofTripura.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2013 }}</ref> Reang community, the second largest scheduled tribe of the state, is noted for its [[hojagiri dance]] that is performed by young girls balanced on earthen pitchers.<ref name="ttaadc culture"/> [[Bizhu dance]] is performed by the Chakmas during the Bizhu festival (the last day of the month of ''[[Chaitra]]'' in [[Hindu calendar]]). Other dance forms include [[wangala]] dance of the Garo people, [[hai-hak dance]] of the Halam branch of Kuki people, and [[sangrai dance]] and [[owa dance]] of the Mog.<ref name="ttaadc culture"/> Alongside such traditional music, mainstream Indian musical elements such as [[Indian classical music]] and [[Indian classical dance|dance]], [[Rabindra Sangeet]] are also practised.<ref name="Hazarika2000">{{cite book|last=Hazarika|first=Sanjoy|title=Rites of passage: border crossings, imagined homelands, India's east and Bangladesh|year=2000|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-100422-8|page=169}}</ref> [[Sachin Dev Burman]], a member of the royal family, was a maestro in the [[filmi]] genre of Indian music.<ref name="Ganti2004">{{cite book|last=Ganti|first=Tejaswini|title=Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema|date=24 August 2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-28853-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/109 109]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bollywoodguidebo0000gant/page/109}}</ref> | ||