Jumma people

The Jumma people (Bengali: জুম্ম জনগোষ্ঠী) is a term usually referred to the minority tribal group of people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh who claim a separate state called Jumma Land. They include the Chakma, Arakanese (Rakhine), Marma, Tripuri, Tanchangya, Chak, Pankho, Mru, Bawm, Lushai, Khyang, and Khumi. The name jumma ("jum farmer") is derived from jum cultivation, or slash-and-burn rain forest & razed hill farming . They are also known as Pahari, which simply means "hill people".

Jumma people

The Jumma people (Bengali: জুম্ম জনগোষ্ঠী) is a term usually referred to the minority tribal group of people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh who claim a separate state called Jumma Land. They include the Chakma, Arakanese (Rakhine), Marma, Tripuri, Tanchangya, Chak, Pankho, Mru, Bawm, Lushai, Khyang, and Khumi. The name jumma ("jum farmer") is derived from jum cultivation, or slash-and-burn rain forest & razed hill farming . They are also known as Pahari, which simply means "hill people".