Abstract

Ethnographic research was conducted from the year 2011 to 2017, as a part of the author’s Ph.D. research to study the transformation of costume among the Tripuri tribal women of Tripura, India. Data were collected using methods such as participant observation, face-to-face interviewing, focus group discussion, and visual ethnography. The main objectives of the research were to study the traditional textiles and costumes of the Tripuri tribal women of Tripura, India with reference to weaving, designs and motifs, colour, and draping styles. To study the preference for the tribal costume of Tripuri tribal families residing in rural and urban areas in the state of Tripura. The study also aimed to correlate the changes in the tribal costume with various socio- economical and socio-cultural factors. It was found that the change in demography, exchange of culture, change in religion, the influence of media and communication, and religion play a significant role in the transformation in clothing. The study ideates that there is a rise of contemporary contexts of the local, regional, national, and global raised questions about cultural conviviality and the influence of trans-cultural, trans-national, and multicultural influencing different cultural identities, which can also be witnessed through the textiles and costume of the tribes.

Keywords

costume; tripuri; tribal; tripura

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Evolving Identity: A Study on changing choices in the Clothing of Tribal Women of Tripura India.

Ethnographic research was conducted from the year 2011 to 2017, as a part of the author’s Ph.D. research to study the transformation of costume among the Tripuri tribal women of Tripura, India. Data were collected using methods such as participant observation, face-to-face interviewing, focus group discussion, and visual ethnography. The main objectives of the research were to study the traditional textiles and costumes of the Tripuri tribal women of Tripura, India with reference to weaving, designs and motifs, colour, and draping styles. To study the preference for the tribal costume of Tripuri tribal families residing in rural and urban areas in the state of Tripura. The study also aimed to correlate the changes in the tribal costume with various socio- economical and socio-cultural factors. It was found that the change in demography, exchange of culture, change in religion, the influence of media and communication, and religion play a significant role in the transformation in clothing. The study ideates that there is a rise of contemporary contexts of the local, regional, national, and global raised questions about cultural conviviality and the influence of trans-cultural, trans-national, and multicultural influencing different cultural identities, which can also be witnessed through the textiles and costume of the tribes.

 

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