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[replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Murong, The a tribe of [replace with] Bangladesh. Murongs are one of the famous aborigines of arakan and the two [replace with] Murong kings, who ruled Arakan in the tenth century, were A-mya-thu (957) [replace with] and Pai-phyu (964). At that time Wathaly was the capital city of Arakan. [replace with] [replace with] Historical Background: [replace with] Murongs had a bloody war with [replace with] the khumis on the [replace with] bank of the Koladain. The Khumi tribe defeated the Murongs and ousted them [replace with] from Arakan. Murongs moved to chittagong hill tracts sometime between the [replace with] 17th and 18th centuries. Many, however, believe that this happened in the [replace with] 14th century. Murongs now live in lama, ruma, alikadam and thanchi upazilas [replace with] near Chimbuk Mountain of bandarban district. In 1991, the Murong population [replace with] in Bangladesh was 22,178 and constituted the fourth largest tribe in [replace with] Chittagong Hill Tracts. [replace with] [replace with] Social System: [replace with] [replace with] Family Structure: Murongs are [replace with] patriarchal. Sons inherit the property. They have different clans and many [replace with] sub-clans. According to one source, the five major clans are Dengua, [replace with] Premsang, Kongloi, Maizer and Ganaroo Gnar. Others mention the ten different [replace with] Murong clans as Yarua, Yaringcha, Tang, Deng, Kough, Tam-tu-chah, Kanbak, [replace with] Prenju, Naichah and Yomore. The Yarua is said to be the most influential and [replace with] powerful among the Murong clans. It has four subdivisions and they are [replace with] Khatpo, Chimlung, Zongnow, and Chawla. These sub-clans are also considered [replace with] by some as independent clans. [replace with] [replace with] Social Structure: Murongs do not [replace with] marry within the same clan or sub-clan. Their boys and girls are also not [replace with] allowed to marry within two different clans involved in war even after when [replace with] they enter into truce or peace agreement and become friends, since in such [replace with] situation, they become brothers in practice and therefore, their children [replace with] can not marry each other. Murongs have many different ways of performing [replace with] marriage ceremony but the ceremony is usually very short. Once a couple is [replace with] selected for marriage, they slaughter a cock in presence of the couple. When [replace with] the blood gushes from the vein, someone dips his middle finger and anoints [replace with] the forehead of the bride and groom. Then follows the declaration that they [replace with] are husband and wife. After this brief ceremony, the bride and groom eat [replace with] together and the invitees and guests sprinkle water and rice to bless the [replace with] couple. Divorce is allowed in the Murong society. But the husband can not [replace with] divorce his wife without a legitimate cause. If a man divorces his wife [replace with] without any cause, he will be left alone in a deep jungle only with an axe [replace with] to defend himself from wild animals. A widow may marry but the remarriage is [replace with] allowed only with a plebian. Bigamy or polygamy is not socially allowed. [replace with] [replace with] Rituals: Most Murongs are [replace with] Buddhists and some are converted Christians. In general, however, they are [replace with] still animists and they worship nature. They revere Thurai as the creator of [replace with] this universe. All their pujas are directed to Oreng, the God of household [replace with] and day-to-day business. They have many superstitions. They believe in signs [replace with] and omens and their immediate undertakings are affected by these beliefs. [replace with] Sungteung is another deity Murongs pay homage to, although this puja has [replace with] little importance in the society. Before the harvest, the Murongs observe a [replace with] puja called Kumlang, in which they ceremonially kill a cow. The young men [replace with] and women dance, sing, and eat, and drink homemade bear during this [replace with] ceremony. [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] Lifestyle: The main profession of the Murongs is jhum [replace with] cultivation and lumbering wood from jungle. Before jhum cultivation in the [replace with] month of Srabon they offer Oreng puja. The women work harder than the men. [replace with] They have a language but no written script. Murongs love songs and dances. [replace with] They use homemade musical instruments, which are made of bamboo. Flute is [replace with] the dominant instrument. Their dances have four classes: Plees Pleesing, [replace with] Chat Chet Plee, Dengram Tek Plee, and Rowlata Ting Plee. They dance in a [replace with] group of 10 to 12 unmarried boys and girls with jingling anklets tied around [replace with] their feet. Gong is their main instrument in dancing. Rice and homemade bear [replace with] are their main food and drink. They eat tiger, dog, goat, pig, cow and many [replace with] other animals. Their delicacy is nappi made of fermented fat of fish, frog, [replace with] deer or boar, mixed with fermented rice. Murong men wear lengti and women [replace with] wear wanglai (short skirt). These are all locally made. Murongs build houses [replace with] on machangs (platforms) on the top of the hills. Their houses are bigger [replace with] than the houses of other tribes. Murongs burn the bodies of the dead. [Selmon [replace with] H Dio] [replace with] [replace with] Source: [replace with] Banglapedia [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] [replace with] TOP [replace with]

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