Saturday, August 10, 2013

Marma People of Bangladesh

The Marma, also used to be known as Magh or Mog, is an Arakanese tribe inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Marma people used to live in many parts of Bangladesh in the past. They even used to live in the during the Mughal Empire who took control of Bangladesh around 15th - 18th century. They were not strong enough to fight back Mughal empire who were also got supported by British and later pushed back into the region of Chittagong. Now most of them live in in the area of three hill districts of Bangladesh, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban. As of 2001, their population stood at 150,000. They follow Theravada Buddhism. They are ethnically, culturally, linguistically different from Chakma, Tripura and other ethnic groups in Bangladesh. Few of Marma people also could be found in India who are known as Mog.  They Marma word has derived from the nation Burma. According to them historically they were the part of Burma emperor, but after the political border drawn by the British Rulers, they were in some part of Bangladesh. They are naturally kind, innocent and peace loving people. The culture and tradition are not so much different from Myanmar.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bGhHUMNYZ4     Here is a short video to be known.

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