Tucked away in the hilly land of North-eastern region of India, Tripura is the inhabiting land of a number of tribes. Around 19 prominent hills of the state is clogged with tribal community and a rough estimate of 31 % of the state population counts the tribal folk.

Tribes in Tripura are very much fond of non-vegetarian cuisines, specially made of fermented fish. The merriment includes the boiled meat of pork, chicken, mutton, beef, turtle, fish, crabs, prawns, frogs and even dogs.