FIELDWORK IN NORTHEAST INDIA: THE STATE OF TRIPURA

In: Vestnik Instituta vostokovedenija RAN: Journal of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS, Heft 2 (24), S. 117-130

Abstract

The author went on a fieldwork to the state of Tripura in September–October 2022. It was done as part of the Russian-Indian Anthropological Expedition of Paleoethnology Research Center and Timiryazev State Biology Museum. The main goal was to clarify and add to the data that had been collected during a bio-anthropological research of the Tripuri people in 2019. As a result, the author was able to conduct a questionnaire survey at various educational institutions in Agartala and Khumulwng, collecting a total of 405 questionnaires. The article gives a general summary of the work done to create the questionnaire and details how it was given to Indian students in a classroom environment. This article is based on a presentation given at a meeting of the Center for Indian Studies, RAS, on November 28, 2022.