The famous ‘Hozagiri’ dance of Tripura pertains to

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The famous ‘Hozagiri’ dance of Tripura pertains to

Answer: D. ReangsEach tribal community of Northeast India carries its own distinct folk-dance tradition, tied to a specific festival, deity, or social occasion; questions of…

  1. A.

    Chakmas

  2. B.

    Jamatias

  3. C.

    Garos

  4. D.

    Reangs

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Correct answer: D

Each tribal community of Northeast India carries its own distinct folk-dance tradition, tied to a specific festival, deity, or social occasion; questions of this kind test whether a named dance can be correctly matched to the SPECIFIC community that performs it, not to the region in general.

Hozagiri (also spelt Hojagiri) is the traditional dance of the Reang (Bru) tribe of Tripura. It is performed mainly by young unmarried girls, standing and balancing on the rim of an upturned earthen pitcher (ghara) while executing rhythmic hip, waist, and neck movements with their hands and upper body kept still, often while balancing a bottle, sometimes topped with a lit lamp, on the head. The dance is performed during the Hojagiri festival, dedicated to the goddess Mailuma (a local form of Lakshmi), usually around the Durga Puja-Diwali period.

Cross-checking against the other tribes named in the options confirms that each has its own separate dance tradition:

Tribe

Traditional dance

Chakmas

Bizhu

Jamatias

Goria (Garia)

Garos

Wangala

Reangs

Hozagiri

Since Hozagiri is specifically the Reang community's dance, the correct match for the question is Reangs.

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