Bru Tribe

Feb. 10, 2023

Over 14,000 Brus displaced from Mizoram have been registered to vote in Tripura since their rehabilitation process began in April 2021.

About Bru Tribe:

  • Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to the Northeast, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram, and Assam.
  • In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.
  • They belong to Indo-Mongoloid racial stock. Their languages have an affinity with Austro-Asiatic groups under the Tibeto-Burman family.
  • Ethnically they are divided into 2 major clans namely Meska and Molsoi.
  • Their language is known as “Kaubru” which has a tonal effect on the Kuki language though broadly it is the Kok-Borok dialect.
  • Occupation: They are still a nomadic tribe and a large number among them maintain their livelihood involving Hilltop Jhum Cultivation and other food gathering activities.
  • They believe in spirits and the existence of a soul.
  • By religion they are Hindus and most of their deities are akin to gods and goddesses of the Hindu faith. Among Reangs followers of Vaishnavism are found in good numbers.
  • This tribal community traditionally are endogamous and does not marry outside their community.
  • The village council chief known as “RAI” permits Divorce and Widow marriage.

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