JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 1; Lesson: 3 (B) & 4 (A)

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The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āύ⧃āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and in rural areas.

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻŽā§ŸāĻŽāύāϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš, āϰāĻžāϜāĻļāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻ“ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āϟ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

They practise Jhum cultivation. They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϜ⧁āĻŽ āϚāĻžāώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āύ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§€āϜ āĻŦāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their own mother tongues.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāϤ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ•āĨ¤ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁, āĻ–ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāύ āĻ“ āĻŦ⧌āĻĻā§āϧāĻ­ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϜ āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi. The Khasias and the Monipuries live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.

āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āϕ⧇āω āϚāĻžāĻ•āĻŽāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻž, āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āϰāĻ‚ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤Â  āϏāĻžāρāĻ“āϤāĻžāϞāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϜāĻļāĻžāĻšā§€āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ–āĻžāϏāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰāĻž āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇āϟ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻ‚ āφāϰ āĻ—āĻžāϰ⧋āϰāĻž āĻŽā§ŸāĻŽāύāϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

Most of these ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics. They have their own lifestyles.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āύ⧃āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āϜāύāĻ—āϪ⧇āϰāχ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĻ­ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϧāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤

They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called ‘machang’. Rice is their staple food. They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϚāĻžāĻ‚ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāϤ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ•āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ›, āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ, āϭ⧁āĻŸā§āϟāĻž āĻ“ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves. Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis.

āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻļ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ  āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ⧇āϰāĻž āϞ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāϰ⧋āĻ‚āϏ āĻ“ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāύāϜāĻŋāϏ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

Women weave their own clothes. Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dances, theater and fair.

āύāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰāĻžāχ āĻŦ⧁āύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āϝāĻžāĻĒāύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻžāύ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ, āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧟ āĻ“ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

Traditional musical instruments used are bugles made from buffalo horns, drums and bamboo flutes. Wrestling is a popular sport for them.

āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāώ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāωāĻŦāϞ,āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻļ⧇āρāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āϕ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
Vocabulary

01.Ethnic (adj)

02.Important (adj)

03.Live (v)

04.Region (n)

05.Rural (adj)

06.Cultivation (n)

07.Prepare (v)

08.Characteristic (n)

09.Staple (adj)

10.Pastime (n)

11.Traditional (adj)

12.Flute (n)

13.Wrestling (n)

14.Weave (v)

15.Wear (v)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ

ā§Ļâ€Œā§§. āύ⧃āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§€ā§Ÿ

ā§Ļ⧍. āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ, āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋ

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āϚāĻžāώāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ

ā§Ļā§­. āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ

ā§Ļ⧝. āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ, āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύ

ā§§ā§§. āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€/ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻžāĻ—āϤ

⧧⧍. āĻŦāĻžāρāĻļāĻŋ

ā§§ā§Š. āϕ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ/ āĻŽāĻ˛ā§āϞāϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

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