Shared Ancestry: Rakhine, Marma, and Mog Peoples Trace Back to One Arakanese Heritage

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Rakhine, Marma and Mog Ladies (photocrd)



According to a recent piece by Global Arakan Network, the Rakhine people, Marma people and Mog people — long regarded as separate ethnic identities — are actually branches of a single Arakanese heritage. 

The article draws on historical research (notably by Kyaw Minn Htin) that traces a shared origin: when the ancient Arakan (Mrauk-U) kingdom ruled, administrators and settlers moved eastward into what is now Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts and India’s Tripura — over time becoming known as “Marma” and “Mog.” 

Despite centuries of dispersion, the three groups reportedly still share a common language (dialects of Arakanese), overlapping cultural practices, religious traditions (‒ mostly Theravada Buddhism), similar village life, and ancestral customs. 

Today, with renewed calls for recognition of their shared heritage, the article urges Marma and Mog communities to “come home” to their ancestral land — viewing it not as migration, but a reclaiming of a collective identity and roots. 

This reinterpretation challenges long-standing ethnic labels, suggesting that historical divisions may have been more a product of displacement and geography than genuine cultural separation — a unifying narrative with potential political, social, and cultural implications.


https://www.globalarakannetwork.com/post/rakhine-marma-and-mog-are-of-the-same-arakanese-heritage

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