Description : Portrait of a Bedey (Gypsy) girl at Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bedey, a community belonging mainly to the ethnic Mong-tong (Mangta) of ARAKAN, who in 1638, accompanied the fugitive king of Arakan, Ballal Raja, and later settled in Bikrampur area near Dhaka. The community generally lives in clusters on machans (platforms) constructed by the side of rivers or on boats. Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.