Description:
Women from the ethnic Bedey community having some leisure, at the end of the day. Bedeys belong mainly to the ethnic Mong-tong group from the ancient Burmese state of Arakan who settled in Bikrampur near Dhaka and later spread out to remote areas of Bengal and Assam. Traditionally they practice folk medicine and spiritual healing for livelihood besides being snake catchers and snake charmers. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2007.
Credits:
Saikat Ranjan - (Bangladesh) Bhadra/Majority World
Description:
Women from the ethnic Bedey community having some leisure, at the end of the day. Bedeys belong mainly to the ethnic Mong-tong group from the ancient Burmese state of Arakan who settled in Bikrampur near Dhaka and later spread out to remote areas of Bengal and Assam. Traditionally they practice folk medicine and spiritual healing for livelihood besides being snake catchers and snake charmers. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2007.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Saikat Ranjan Bhadra
City:
Dhaka
State:
Dhaka
Country:
Bangladesh
Copyright Notice:
Copyright Majority World
Filename:
MWC013144.jpg
File Date/Time:
1471656718
File Size:
6414589
File Type:
2
Mime Type:
image/jpeg
Sections Found:
ANY_TAG, IFD0, EXIF
Image Description:
Women from the ethnic Bedey community having some leisure, at the end of the day. Bedeys belong mainly to the ethnic Mong-tong group from the ancient Burmese state of Arakan who settled in Bikrampur near Dhaka and later spread out to remote areas of Benga