New Delhi, Jan 27 (Agency) The Tripura tableau on Thursday depicted sustainable livelihood through tourism and organic farming in the state with active participation of women at the Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path here. The Northeastern state has a wide variety of tourist attractions with rich cultural diversity consisting of archaeological monuments, water bodies, temples, mosques and Buddhist stupas of religious significance, wildlife and natural landscapes. The state has immense potential for development of eco-tourism being endowed with beautiful nature, flora and fauna, rich culture, varied festivals, folktales, dance and art forms.
The climatic conditions of Tripura facilitate organic production of large variety of horticulture crops like pineapple, oranges, jackfruit, coconut, lychees, cashew nut, lemon, tea etc. The front part of the tableau depicted the beautiful Mahamuni Pagoda (Buddhist stupa) with its base adorned by bamboo.The middle part showed various indigenous performing art forms of Tripura viz – Hojagiri, Mamita etc. The composite culture of Tripura and participation of women in different fields was depicted through SHG women at work, women with baskets of pineapples, cottage, tea plantation workers, and women dressed in colourful traditional costumes walking alongside the tableau.