မာရမာ | |
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![]() Marma dancers | |
Total population | |
300,000+ | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Chittagong Hill Tracts, Tripura India, Myanmar | |
![]() | 224,261[1] |
![]() | Unknown |
![]() | 35,722[2] |
Languages | |
Marma, Chittagonian, Burmese | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Rakhine people, Bamar people | |
one of the 135 officially recognized ethnicities in Myanmar (formerly Burma) |
The Marma (Burmese: မာရမာ တိုင်းရင်းသား), also known as Moghs, Mogs or Maghs, are the second-largest ethnic community in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, primarily residing in the Bandarban, Khagrachari and Rangamati Hill Districts. They belong to the same community as the Rakhine people. There are three endogamous groups within Magh Community which are known as
i)The Thongtha, Thongcha, Jumia Mags
ii)The Marma, Mayamma, Roang or Rakhaing Magh
iii)The Maramagri, otherwise called Barua Magh.
They belong to the second sub tribe or group within the Magh Community.
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