A Day in a Reang Village
My story today is from the Bomra Chara Reang village in the Gomati District in Tripura, India. The Reangs are one of the 19 tribal communities in Tripura and is the only tribe that is categorized as primitive. They are still dependent on 'jhum' cultivation or shifting cultivation and prefer staying on hilltops. The Reangs are also spread across Assam and Mizoram, where they are known as Brus. My friend had time and again mentioned the perils he would undertake in order to reach his village which is atop a hill but he had also spoken of the adventures in his village. Being from the city such kind of a village adventure seemed to have an enchanting and euphoric effect on the mind and hence was my decision to visit his village. To start off, I had to take a local bus from Agartala which is the capital of the state of Tripura in India. This bus took me to Udaipur which is in the Gomati district, again in Tripura. It is not to be confused with Udaipur in Rajasthan. Udaipur w...