Mru (Mro) people
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The Mru (Mro) people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group primarily inhabiting the hilly border regions of Bangladesh and Myanmar, known for their distinct language, animist-Buddhist beliefs, and shifting cultivation traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mru people | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tibeto-Burman people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| agriculturalPractice | hill agriculture ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Myanmar ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Chittagong Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rakhine State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
distinct oral traditions
ⓘ
indigenous rituals ⓘ traditional music and dance ⓘ |
| demographicStatus | small population group ⓘ |
| ethnicMinorityStatus |
ethnic minority in Bangladesh
ⓘ
ethnic minority in Myanmar ⓘ |
| ethnonymVariant |
Mro people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Murung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| housingStyle | stilt houses ⓘ |
| language | Mru language ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| minorityStatusIn | Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringEthnicGroups |
Chakma people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marma people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripuri people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryHabitat |
Chittagong Hill Tracts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hilly border regions of Bangladesh and Myanmar ⓘ |
| recognizedAsIndigenousGroupIn | Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
animism ⓘ |
| religiousInfluence |
Theravada Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local animist practices ⓘ |
| scriptUsage |
Bengali script (for some written materials)
ⓘ
Latin script (for some written materials) ⓘ |
| settlementPattern | hilltop villages ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | clan-based structure ⓘ |
| traditionalBeliefFeature |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
forest product gathering
ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ |
| traditionalLivelihood |
shifting cultivation
ⓘ
slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | animist-Buddhist syncretism ⓘ |
| typeOfAgriculture | rain-fed agriculture ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.