রিসা / রিগনাই (Risa / Rignai)
Risa and Rignai are the sacred traditional handwoven textiles of the Tripuri (Borok) people, the principal indigenous community of Tripura. Risa is a short woven cloth worn as a breast cover by women and used in ritual contexts; Rignai is a wraparound cloth. Together they constitute a complete traditional dress set (along with Rikutu). Woven on a body-tension loin-loom, Risa and Rignai are distinguished by fine geometric patterns in silk supplementary weft on a cotton ground — a technique of exceptional delicacy. Critically, Risa is not merely clothing: it is the ritual offering par excellence in Tripuri culture — offered to deities, given at births and deaths, exchanged at marriage. A community without weavers cannot perform its ritual life.
Risk level: Critically Endangered · Not inscribed; GI application submitted for Tripuri Risa
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