A Rakhine girl tosses water at revelers during the Myanmar New Year.
Total population
4 million (2024 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Myanmar
3,600,000
Bangladesh
224,261[1]
India
50,000
Other countries
50,000 - 100,000
Languages
Rakhine, Burmese
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Bamar or Burmans
Marma
Maramagyi or Baruas
The Rakhine (Burmese and Rakhine: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး, Rakhine pronunciation: [ɹəkʰàiɰ̃lùmjó], Burmese pronunciation:[jəkʰàiɰ̃lùmjó]) or Arakanese are a Southeast Asian ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State (formerly called Arakan), although Rakhine communities also exist throughout the country, particularly in the Ayeyarwady and Yangon Regions. They constitute approximately 4.61% or more of Myanmar's total population, but no accurate census figures exist. Rakhine communities exist in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts and in India, where they are known as the Marma and Mog peoples respectively.
Marma Dance of Bangladesh
^"Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
The Rakhine (Burmese and Rakhine: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး, Rakhine pronunciation: [ɹəkʰàiɰ̃ lùmjó], Burmese pronunciation: [jəkʰàiɰ̃ lùmjó]) or Arakanese are a Southeast...
Rangamati Hill Districts. They belong to the same community as the Rakhinepeople. Many Marmas live in Bangladesh's coastal districts of Cox's Bazar and...
Look up Rakhine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rakhine (/rəˈkaɪn/ ) may refer to: Rakhine State, in Myanmar Rakhinepeople, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic...
stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000...
Daingnet people (Burmese: ဒိုင်းနက်လူမျိုး), also known as the Thetkama people (Burmese: သက္ကမ) are an ethnic group indigenous to northern Rakhine State...
As Kaman people were proficient in archery and had sufficient mental faculty and martial prowess, got the prestigious positions in Rakhine Royal army...
Rakhine State occupies the northern coastline of Myanmar up to the border with Bangladesh and corresponds to the historical Kingdom of Arakan. The history...
these Bamar migrants formed a distinct cultural identity, becoming the Rakhinepeople (also known as the Arakanese). A 2014 DNA analysis found that the Bamar...
wrapped around a comb. The Rakhine (Arakanese) people of both genders traditionally wear longyis. As traditional attire, Rakhine men also wear collarless...
headquarters" are. Naing was born in Akyab (now Sittwe), the state capital of Rakhine State, on 7 November 1978.[citation needed] Naing previously worked as...
The 2012 Rakhine State riots were a series of conflicts primarily between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar...
political party in Myanmar (Burma), representing the interests of the Rakhinepeople in Rakhine State and Yangon Region. The party was founded on 13 January 2014...
The Arakan Army (Rakhine: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်), officially the Arakha Army (Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; abbreviated AA) is an ethnic...
humanitarian assistance, with over 128,000 people living in IDP camps in Rakhine State and over 105,000 people displaced in Kachin State and northern Shan...
The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma (Burmese: ရခိုင်ရိုးမ) and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain...
Sanghamitta Sangrai (New year Water Festival Celebrated by Marma and RakhinePeople in Bangladesh) Sanja Matsuri Setsubun Songkran Songkran (Lao) Songkran...
mjo̰]; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced sait-tway in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial...
Surigaonon people Waray people Aeta people Andamanese Ati people Mamanwa Mani Orang Asli Semang Bamar people Chakma people Karen peopleRakhinepeople Kamein...
1981 in Tawhtu village in Manaung Township, Cheduba Island, to ethnic Rakhine parents, U Aung Than and Daw Than Myaing. He is the second child of four...
into eight 'national races,' namely the Bamar (Burmans), Shan, Karen, Rakhine (Arakanese), Mon, Kachin, Chin, and Kayah (Karenni). Many ethnic and ethnoreligious...
leave behind all the impurities and bad omens from the past. Rakhine State - The Rakhinepeople have three unique customs that form Thingyan, namely the nantha...
Arakan (/ˈærəkæn/ or /ˈɑːrəkɑːn/) is the historical geographical name of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly Burma). The region was called Arakan for centuries...
Army. Nyo Twan Awng was born Zaw Myo Thet on 4 March 1981 in Kyaukpyu, Rakhine State, Myanmar. During his teenage years, he attended medical studies in...
Myanmar, primarily in the Rakhine State. Closely related to Burmese, the language is spoken by the Rakhine and Marma peoples; it is estimated to have around...
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