Volume-I, Issue-II, November, 2024
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
| Volume-I, Issue-II, November, 2024 |
Proportions of Societal, Religious and the Spiritual Elements in the Music & Culture of Tripura: A Close Review Dr. Tripti Watwe, Assistant Professor, HOD, Dept.of Music, Women’s College, Agartala, Tripura, India Email: tripwat@gmail.com |
Received: 05.11.2024 | Accepted: 28.11.2024 | Published Online: 30.11.2024 |
Page No: 112-118 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.1.issue.02W.012 | |
Abstract | ||
The emerald land of Tripura has an ethnic and cross-cultural heritage that makes it alluring for all its visitors and inseparable from its residents. Its extraordinary cultural richness and variety in the arts, beliefs, customs, languages and dialects undoubtedly makes Tripura a melting pot of ethnic diversity. For various socio-political and historical reasons, Tripura has been the meeting ground of various races and such a confluence has introduced an interesting array of temples, mosques, monasteries and churches. Tripura is an abode of nineteen different tribes who proudly own their culture, heritage and tradition. Besides, the culture of these diverse tribes of Tripura, two more distinct cultural heritages, those of Bengali and Manipuri have merged together to give shape and content to a mixed tradition. Dating back to the Mahabharata era, the name of Tripura finds mention in its Sabha Parva as Kirat Bhumi. There is evidence of many more ancient texts of India like Markandeya Purana, Vishnu Puran etc. where the name of Kirat Bhumi finds mention. Whatever be it, the glorious history of Tripura had many contributors which today has led this once-upon-a-time ‘Kirat-Bhumi’ to becoming a culturally rich State of India. The present article endeavors to explore the musical and cultural ambience of Tripura in the perspective of its religious component and spiritual essence. Keywords: Tripura, Music, Religion, spiritual, Culture. | ||