Bru tribal dance from Agartala - balancing plates and bottles

Bru/Reang community from Tripura presenting a dance during Anthurium Festival in Mizoram. Women rhythmically twist the lower part of their bodies while at the same time balancing and waving plates on their hands to the accompaniment of drums, flutes and stringed instruments.

Reang or Riang are one of the 21 scheduled tribes of the Indian state of Tripura. The correct nomenclature for this ethnic group is actually Bru although the name reang was accidentally incorporated by the Indian government during a census count. The Bru can be found mainly in the North Tripura, Dhalai and the South Tripura districts of Tripura state in India. However, they may also be found in Mizoram, Assam, Manipur and Bangladesh. They speak the Reang dialect of Kokborok language which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin and is locally referred to as Kau Bru. Like many of the tribes in the north east of India, the appearance of the Bru is mongoloid.

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