Tripura – Land of Bamboo: How Manikya dynasty is making this natural resource into a symbol of royalty

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If you walk through a village in Tripura, you will hear it before you see it: the soft tak-tak sound of a dao splitting bamboo. In the courtyard, a woman is weaving a dala, an old man is making a mora (stool), and a young boy is learning to bend a cane to make a chair frame. This is not just work…