Tripura
Tripura is a State of the country India. It was formed as a State on 21 January 1972.
Tripura is a small state (5 million people) in hilly, farming land.
There is one large, capital city, Argatala, of around 400,000 people.
The main languages are Bengali and Kokborok.
Tripura includes 10,486km2 of land.
On the farms they grow lots of vegetables and fruit like oranges and mangoes.
- The State animal is the Phayre's Leaf Monkey
- The State tree is the Agarwood
- The Flower is the Nageswar
- The State fish is the Pabda, a freshwater catfish
- The State fruit is the Queen Pineapple
85 years ago we began working in Tripura. We have friends in Tripura who teach children and adults about Jesus. We have helped some of our friends start many schools. One has 3,000 students.
Some of our friends have a school that teaches adult students how to lead churches.
Many of those adult students come from rural villages and some of those adult students have lost their homes and have come to Tripura as refugees.
Let’s join Ben as he shows us some of Tripura
Map of Tripura
Migrating Birds
Whether we live in Aotearoa New Zealand or Tripura we are like a gathered flock of birds. We are individuals who are part of the whole global family of Christ.
One of the meanings of the word Whiri ( from the word Whiria) is a flock of birds.
Some birds leave their homes and go to warmer countries for the winter. When they go home again it is Spring! This Māori whakatauki talks about migrating birds coming back to Aotearoa New Zealand:
Ka tangi te wharauroa, ko ngā kārere ā Mahuru. If the shining cuckoo cries, it is the messenger of spring.
People who go anywhere to tell people about Jesus are like migrating birds too.
They go and return. Like breathing in and out.
Sometimes we go across the room or across the street to tell others about Jesus.
Sometimes we go to other cities or across oceans to share God’s aroha.
One hundred and thirty-eight years ago God called us, people from the South West Pacific, to make friends and share our faith and lives with people in North East India. We have been migrating back and forwards, like migrating birds, ever since.
Our friend Freya has done a beautiful mural of our Whiria Kids’ migrating birds on the wall of Kiwi House in Tripura: these birds are Kuaka (Bar-tailed Godwit), Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo) and Toroa (Royal Albatross).
One of the meanings of the word Whiri ( from the word Whiria) is a flock of birds.
Some birds leave their homes and go to warmer countries for the winter. When they go home again it is Spring! This Māori whakatauki talks about migrating birds coming back to Aotearoa New Zealand:
Ka tangi te wharauroa, ko ngā kārere ā Mahuru. If the shining cuckoo cries, it is the messenger of spring.
People who go anywhere to tell people about Jesus are like migrating birds too.
They go and return. Like breathing in and out.
Sometimes we go across the room or across the street to tell others about Jesus.
Sometimes we go to other cities or across oceans to share God’s aroha.
One hundred and thirty-eight years ago God called us, people from the South West Pacific, to make friends and share our faith and lives with people in North East India. We have been migrating back and forwards, like migrating birds, ever since.
Our friend Freya has done a beautiful mural of our Whiria Kids’ migrating birds on the wall of Kiwi House in Tripura: these birds are Kuaka (Bar-tailed Godwit), Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo) and Toroa (Royal Albatross).
Bread of Tripura
Bread looks a little different in Tripura. Here we see Naan bread being cooked in a Tandoor (clay pot).
On our resources page you’ll find a recipe for Naan bread.
There’s a video and recipe for making bread rolls at home too.
On our resources page you’ll find a recipe for Naan bread.
There’s a video and recipe for making bread rolls at home too.
