The ethnic Reang community has demanded that Tripura declare a holiday on Hojagiri Day, which celebrates the traditional Hojagiri dance.
About Reang Tribe:
The Reang tribe, who locally call themselves “Bru”, is the second largest tribal community of Tripura after the old Tripuri clan.
They are the only Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTGs) residing in the state of Tripura.
Apart from Tripura, they are also found in the neighbouring state of Mizoram and a few in Assam.
According to the 2011 census of India report, the total population of the Reang tribe is about 1,88,080.
Reangs are said to have come first from Shan State of upper Burma (now Myanmar) in different waves to the Chittagong Hill Tracts and then to the Southern part of Tripura.
Similarly, another group entered Tripura via Assam and Mizoram during the 18th Century.
Reangs belong to the Indo-Mongoloid racial stock.
Their language is known as “Kaubru,” which has a tonal effect on the Kuki language, though broadly it is the Kok-Borok dialect.
The language belongs to the Tibeto-Burmese linguistic family.
Ethnically, Reangs are divided into two major clans: Meska and Molsoi.
They are a well-knit ethnic group having a rigid, well-ordained and well-structured self-governing system.
Economy: They are primarily an agriculturist tribe. In the past, they mostly used to practise the ‘Huk' or Jhum cultivation, like most other Tripuri tribes. But now shifted to modern agriculture practice.
Religious Belief:
At present, most of the Reangs in Tripura follow Hinduism, and most of their deities are akin to gods and goddesses of Hindu faith.
They have faith in different deities like Buraha, Bonirao, Songragma, Jampira, Lampra, etc.
Hojagiri folk dance of the Reang clan had achieved an unprecedented acclaim all over the world.
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