Chakma’s and Their Lifestyle in Bangladesh: Part-II

3.9: FAMILY LIFE
Chakmas are separated into families (gojas),which are additionally subdivided into subclans(guttis).Members of the same subclan are illegal to wed each other. Guardians organize relational unions, despite the fact that the desires of children and girls are considered. A lady of the hour value (merchandise given by prepare’s family to lady of the hour’s family) is settled when the two families arrange the marriage. The wedding function is known asChumulongand is performed by Buddhist clerics. On the off chance that youngsters abscond, the marriage can be formalized on installment of fines. Polygymy (marriage to more than one spouse) is worthy yet uncommon. Separation is permitted, as is remarriage after the demise of a life partner.

3.10: CLOTHING
Chakma men have surrendered their customary garments for Western-style shirts and pants. The ladies keep up the customary Chakma style of dress, which comprises of two bits of material. One is worn as a skirt, wrapped around the lower some portion of the body and reaching out from midriff to lower leg. Its conventional shading is dark or blue, with a red outskirt at top and base. The second bit of fabric is a bosom band, woven with shaded plans, that is firmly wrapped around the abdominal area. This is worn with an assortment of pieces of jewelry, wrist trinkets, anklets, rings, and different trimmings. Chakma ladies are talented weavers and make their own particular fabric.

3.11: FOOD
The staple sustenance of the Chakmas is rice, supplemented by millet, corn (maize), vegetables, and mustard. Vegetables incorporate yams, pumpkins, melons, and cucumbers. Vegetables and organic product accumulated from the woodland might be added to the eating routine. Fish, poultry, and meat (even pork) are eaten, in spite of the Buddhist forbidden on devouring creature tissue. Customary weight control plans have gradually been surrendered, as the Chakmas have been compelled to escape their country. Some normal Chakma dishes incorporate fish, vegetables, and flavors stuffed into a length of bamboo and cooked in a low fire; nourishments wrapped in banana leaves and put next to a fire; and eggs that are matured until they are spoiled. Chakmas don’t care for drain. They drink mixed refreshments unreservedly, and each family unit makes its own rice alcohol. Liquor is devoured at all celebrations and social events.
 
3.12: EDUCATION
Chakmas live in separated ranges of Bangladesh. They are not some portion of the lion’s share populace and are very poor by Western principles. They don’t have admittance to Western-style instruction. Education (capacity to peruse and compose) among men of the slope tribes is around 15 percent. This figure drops to 7 percent for ladies.

3.13: CULTURAL HERITAGE: Buddhists books, converted into Chakma and composed on palm leaves, are known asAghartara.TheTallikis a point by point record of therapeutic plants, techniques for their planning, and their utilization in the treatment of sickness. People music is a noteworthy part of Chakma tribal culture. It incorporates sentimental love tunes known asUbageet.TheGenkhuliballads relate episodes from the past. There are additionally epic sonnets likeRadhamon and Dhanapati. Customary melodic instruments incorporate a trumpet produced using wild ox horn, a round bit of iron with a string extended crosswise over it that vibrates to create sound, and a drum. The bamboo woodwind is played by all Chakma youth. Not at all like other tribal gatherings of the eastern slopes, moving is not an imperative piece of Chakma life.
3.14: EMPLOYMENT
The Chakmas are ranchers. There is no responsibility for, however Chakma custom holds that nobody ought to meddle with fields that appear as though another person is cultivating there. Land is cleared of trees and shrubs, and any residual vegetation is singed amid the dry season in April. Harvests are planted after the primary substantial downpours. Gathering more often than not happens in October and November. Some Chakmas have surrendered their cultivating way of life and have entered the work showcase. Those sufficiently lucky to have the fundamental instruction have gone ahead to administrative and other desk occupations. Some, nonetheless, function as workers in the production lines and mechanical undertakings that have grown up along the valley of the Karnafuli River.
 
3.15: SPORTS
Ha-do-dois a diversion played all through the locale. Two groups remain on either side of a focal line. They alternate sending a player into restricting region to touch the greatest number of individuals as he or she can amid the space of one breath, while in the meantime saying “Ha-do-do.” If the player comes up short on breath or is gotten by his or her adversaries, he or she is out.Then again, if the player effectively comes back to his or her own domain, the players he or she has labeled must leave the amusement. Different hobbies includeGila Khela,a diversion like marbles aside from that little wooden plates are utilized rather than marbles;Nadeng Khela,played with a turning top; and different wrestling recreations. Young ladies don’t have dolls or play at being “mother” as they do in Western societies.

3.16: RECREATION
Customary types of amusement incorporate well known society tunes and music, andjatra,the town musical drama. Wrestling and different games held at fairs are famous. Previously, chasing and angling were most loved interests.
3.17: CRAFTS AND HOBBIES
The Chakma are talented at making an assortment of family unit products from bamboo, regularly utilizing just a basic blade. Ladies are master weavers and dyers and make their own particular material calledAlam. They are gifted in the specialty of making wicker container from bamboo.

3.18: SOCIAL PROBLEMS
The Chakma individuals confront troublesome circumstances today. Their populace is bigger than that of more than sixty autonomous countries. The tribe is divided and scattered more than three nations. In every nation, Chakmas frame a minority and many are exiles from their country, living in states of lack of sanitization. The most difficult issue confronted by the Chakmas is in Bangladesh, where they are battling for an autonomous country. Some Chakmas and other tribal people groups have turned to equipped fighting against the administration. This, thusly, has prompted backlashes by the police and Bangladeshi Army. Both Amnesty International (the human rights association) and the United States have revealed human rights infringement against Chakma regular citizens.
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