Rakhaine People

Rakhaine People

Rakhaines are a small aboriginal community of Bangladesh. The Rakhaine community inhabiting in the coastal areas of Patuakhali, Borguna and Cox's Bazaar migrated to Bangladesh from Myanmar about two hundred years ago. Originally, they are Rakhine nationality (also known as Arakanese) from the Rakhine State or Arakan which is now part of Myanmar. Total population of Arakanese (Rakhine) is 3,346,000. Among them, 207,000 are residing in Bangladesh. With hard work, they turned the uncultivable deep forests of the coastal belt into a habitable area. The Rakhaines are a small Mongoloid who have many probelsm including tyranny by the mainstarem population. However, they are very being peace-lovingpeople and prefer not go for any protest or struggle. Unfortunately enough, some have left the country in search of security.