A bamboo and cane artisan from Tripura is showcasing the state's traditional bamboo musical instruments, including the recently GI-tagged sarinda, at the national-level handicrafts and handloom exhibition 'Indi Haat 2026' in New Delhi.
About Tripura Sarinda:
It is a bowed string musical instrument which is crafted from a single block of wood with a hollow resonator.
It is closely associated with Tripura's indigenous communities, used during folk performances and other indigenous musical expressions.
It is also known as Sarinda Uakhrap.
Features:
It is specially made of bamboo.
It also has an oval-shaped void wooden vibrating chamber, which is covered with a thin skin.
Its wider top portion is open.
The middle portion is large, and the edges are wide. The cave portion is uncovered.
In the top portion three pegs are fitted in order to fasten the strings. The strings are either metal or of the thread of Muga or animal gut.
It is played by a crude “bow” that is made of horse hair.
By tightening or loosening the strings, the tuning is done.
Sarinda is known as the ‘’Foli’’ instrument in the states of Assam, Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. The Sarangi and Nepali Sarangi are similar to the Sarinda.
The Bodos call it Serja or Serenja. Several ethnic groups of India, e.g. Bauls of Bengal, Punjabi people, the folk artists of Rajasthan, the Bodo of Assam, and the related Twiprasa of Tripura, use the sarinda in their traditional music.
Other GI-tagged products from Tripura: Tripura Queen Pineapple, Risa and Pachra, also known as Rignai, and Matabari Peda.
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