Marma

Tribes like the Santal, Garo, Hajong, Chakma, Manipuri, Tripuri, Marma etc. have interacted with ethnic Bengali culture and lifestyle over the years.

Bangladeshi Folk spreading Worldwide 2008

(The beggars seat themselves upon the floor in the attitude of the seven gods of Marma.)

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

THIEF Two men went on dromedaries three days ago to see if the gods were still at Marma.

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

Marma, where the gods are carved from green stone in the mountains.

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

She comes to us at evenings away in the mountain of Marma.

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

When the lightning flickers about the limbs of men there comes to the gods in Marma a pleasant smell, even

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

ULF They are drowsy in their mountains away at Marma.

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

OORANDER (in a loud, clear voice) Were the gods of the mountain seated still at Marma, or were they not there?

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

They will say that the seven gods were still at Marma.

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

Marma only two weeks ago the idols of green jade were still seated there.

Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917