The Marma

Marma Old Women

With over a hundred and fifty thousand population, the Marmas are the hill districts of Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari while a few have setteled down in the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and potuakhali, Marma society strictly maintains several customs and restrictions to keep up their traditons, norms and administration. According to philologist, their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burma language family. They compose songs and musical drama about their real life experience and take their themes fom their book Bidh Gait.