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Like many human groups of the world, the
Boroks have their own distinct identity.
Their ecological setting, its history
and tradition forming its cultural
moorings, help it to conceptualize the
Borok identity. The Borok community is
an ethnic group, which is a
self-perceived group holding a common
set of cultural traditions not shared by
others with whom they are in contact.
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The history of the Boroks
is one of the oldest ones in the world.
About 8000 - 12000 years ago (i.e. the
period between 10,000 B.C and 6,000 B.C)
in the middle of the stone-age,
Caucasians and Mongolians entered this
country through the western border and
the north-eastern border of India
respectively.1 In
the last division of this age, pottery
and agriculture were introduced in human
society. |
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Twipra (Tripura)
has a rich cultural heritage of music,
dances, fine-arts, handicrafts, belief
systems, social structure and shifting
cultivation. The Boroks were (are) very
mirthful nation having distinct and
unique folk tales, stories, songs,
legends, social traditions, customs and
norms, belief systems, musical
instruments, handloom designs and way of
life. Traditionally, they are nature
worshipers. They are also sometimes
called animists. |
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The Central
Institute of Indian Language (CIIL)
conducted a Workshop cum seminar on the
subject ‘Orthography in Kokborok’
recently. ‘Practical Orthography’ is a
fundamental requirement to develop any
literatures scientifically. After
analyzing Kokborok language and its
accents, the scholar to the CIIL
suggests Roman Script for the same
strongly. Thus, we the Kókborók Kókrübai
Bósoŋ (Formerly Kokborok Sahitya Sabha)
have published a small booklet called
“kokborok orthography” and highlighted
some prior ideas on this regards. |
