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Introduction : The Marma is the second largest indigenous ethnic group in the CHT. They have been Theravada Buddhists, like the Burmese, Thai and Sri Lankan, for many centuries. The Marma have their own script and speak a language which is almost identical...
Introduction : The Khumis maintain that in their khumi language kha means man and mi means best race. They are therefore “Khumis” i. e. The best human race (Sattar 984:336). (Lewin 1869:88) on the other hand tells us that in the arakanese...
Introduction : The Tripura, most tripura call themselves Tipra, the Tripura have about 36 sub-groups or dafas, the most well known of which are the Fatung, Jamatia, Nationg, Noatia, Ryang and Usui. The Tripura language belongs to the Bodo branch of...
Introduction: The Chaks are considered to be a sub-group of the Chakma (Lewin 1869:65). But loffler maintains that the saks living in Arakan and the chaks in CHT. Descended from the same people as the chakmas. The Chaks call themselves “Asak”;...
Introduction: Most of the Tanchangya live on the borders between the Rangamati and Chittagong districts and between the borders of the Rangamati and Bandarban districts. A small number of Tanchangya also live in Cox’s Bazar district. The Tanchangya...