Marma

E681996

The Marma are an indigenous ethnic group of Buddhist heritage primarily inhabiting the hilly regions of southeastern Bangladesh, especially in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marma canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
borderingCountryRegion Myanmar border areas ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
culturalHeritage Buddhist festivals ⓘ
Buddhist monastic institutions ⓘ
pagoda architecture ⓘ
culturalPractice Buddhist monastic education ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
ethnonym Marma people ⓘ
geographicFeature hilly regions ⓘ
historicalInfluenceFrom Arakan (Rakhine) region ⓘ
linked to: Arakan

Burmese culture ⓘ
language Marma language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Burmish languages ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Bangladesh ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts ⓘ
populationCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
primaryRegion Chittagong Hill Tracts ⓘ
southeastern Bangladesh ⓘ
recognizedAsMinority Bangladesh ⓘ
regionType hill people ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bamar people ⓘ
linked to: Bamar

Chakma people ⓘ
Rakhine people ⓘ
Tripuri people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
religiousAffiliationMajority Theravada Buddhist ⓘ
religiousFestival Buddha Purnima ⓘ
Sangrai ⓘ
religiousInstitution vihara (Buddhist monastery) ⓘ
religiousMinorityStatus Buddhist minority in Bangladesh ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
subregion South Asia ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation shifting cultivation ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
traditionalRegion Bandarban District ⓘ
Khagrachari District ⓘ
Rangamati District ⓘ
linked to: Rangamati
traditionalReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
traditionalSettlementType hill villages ⓘ
usesScript Burmese script ⓘ
Marma script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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