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	Rakhine State Summary
		Rakhine (formerly Arakan) State is located in western Myanmar (Burma), bounded by Bangladesh to the northwest; Chin State to the north; the Irrawaddy, Magwe, and Pegu Divisions to the east; and the Bay of Bengal to the west and the south.
		Situated the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Division, Bago Division and Ayeyarwady Division in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest.
		Rakhine State receives much rain, so rice is the main crop, occupying around 85% of the total agricultural land.
	www.bookrags.com /Rakhine_State (1420 words)

	Rakhine State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Situated the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Division, Bago Division and Ayeyarwady Division in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest.
		Rakhine State receives much rain, so rice is the main crop, occupying around 85% of the total agricultural land.
		The kingdom of Wethali (Rakhine: Waithali) was the successor to Dhanyawady from the 3rd century AD.Annual contributions of the Arakanese Kings to all religious are acknowledged
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rakhine_State (1349 words)

	Myanmar Travel Destinations - Rakhine State
		Rakhine, once known as Arakan, lies on the long and narrow western coast of Myanmar, divided by high mountain ranges from the mainland called Rakhine Yoma.
		Capital of the Rakhine Kingdom, which flourished from the 15th to 18th century, is noted for its fort-like temples and pagodas of stone and brick, and for its statuary and relief, which are distinctive.
		Maha Muni was worshipped by Rakhine kings for centuries and regarded as a protector of the country.
	www.travel-myanmar.net /rakhine_state.htm (2515 words)

	Mahura Naga Co., Ltd, Myanmar Tour Operator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Rakhine the earliest" Yedhama gahta" was suggested to have issued in the sixth century A.D. This piece of work is an attempt to trace the Buddhism, in Rakhine, of the period before Yedhama.
		According to this tradition Buddhism is supposed to be introduced to Rakhine since Buddha's lifetime in the sixth century B.C. It was also in the Danyawaddy dynasty that Reverend Htayra Maha Yewata was said to have come to Mahinsaka manahala for conversation, after the third Samghayana was held at Pataliputta.
		Pamela Gutman in her thesis compares of this inscription with those of the inscriptions of the Kumara Gupta, issued towards the middle of the 5th century, and concludes that this inscription may therefore be paleographically dated to the same period.
	www.mahuranagatravel.com /rakhine.htm (8629 words)

	MODiNS [ Myanmar Online Information ]
		It is believed that the Rakhines had assimilated the Indian cultures from the Indian sub-continent in the west.
		Another unique ceremony in Rakhine is the ceremony of blessing the bridegroom before marriage called "Thamet tetpwe" literally meaning the anointing of the son-in-law.
		In many rural Rakhine villages, the young engage in this kind of traditional wrestling during their free time and practice this art at pagoda festivals etc. There are rules of fighting and experienced wrestlers act as referees.
	www.modins.net /myanmarinfo/NationEthnic (4633 words)

	Rakhine
		Rakhine State is situated in thc westerml1ost part of the nation.
		Rakhine State gels a lot of rain annually as tl1e north-west monsoon winds blow from the sea almost right angle to the Yoma.
		Rakhines and Bamars live in valleys and on Yambye and Manaung islands.
	www.yadanabon.com /rakhine.htm (826 words)

	Myanmar Culture
		Each of the beautiful Rakhine ladies had in their hands a lacquer swoon-ok receptacle for holding swoon or cooked rice offerings for the Buddha images.
		On reaching the Phaya-gyi, the Great Pagoda in the town centre, offerings were made of swoon rice, si-mee lights in open oil lamps and flowers to the Buddha images in the main shrine, white the sidaw royal drums continued their regular beats.
		During the reign of King Sanda Thuriya (from Pali Suriya meaning the sun), the Buddha is supposed to have come to Rakhine, by means of an aerial journey, to sojourn on the Salagiri Hill in Dhanyawaddy.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-culture/myanmar-rakhine-festival.htm (1093 words)

	Rakhine's Riches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Not only the religious structures but also the remains of the royal palaces of the glorious Rakhine dynasties are being studied by archaeologists with a view to having them rebuilt for the benefit of new generations which can be proud of their lineage, if one would call it that.
		Rakhine dances and music, be they rustic rural or courtly accomplishments, reflect a civilization which found contemporaries in the region, to rival and thrive, and to be left as heritage worth reviving, perpetuating.
		Rakhine belles possess grace and charm all their own, unique again, as their culture is heritage handed down through generations.
	www.burmalibrary.org /reg.burma/archives/199804/msg00085.html (399 words)

	UNHCR - Myanmar: Muslims from Rakhine State: Exit and Return
		The Muslims from Rakhine state are descendants of Moorish, Arab and Persian traders who arrived between the 9th and 15th centuries, married local women, and settled in the region.
		The pattern of human rights violations committed against the Muslim population of Rakhine state appears in many respects to be very similar to the abuses committed against all forms of political opposition and dissent and against members of those ethnic minorities whom the military authorities suspect may not support its national ideology.
		In late 1989 the resettlement campaign reached Akyab, Rakhine's state capital and the SLORC are said to have begun resettling Buddhist Rakhines in the predominantly Muslim areas of the state, displacing local Muslims (Europa Yearbook 1993, 577).
	www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/publ/opendoc.htm?tbl=RSDCOI&id=3ae6a6bec&page=publ (6825 words)

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		Rakhine State is located the west of the Union of Myanmar and it is a coastal stoop of Land.
		Rakhine is a delta area formed by the May Yu, the Kalatan and Lemyo rivers.The majority of its inhabitants are Rakhine.
		Like Thadingyut festivals, like Festival of Myanmars, Rakhine rear Thadingyut Festival is the gathering of hosts who comes to perform religious deeds as well as to enjoy merry-making.At this festival,offering of cooked rice to the Buddha called Htaminhtaung is ceremoniously held with virtual performances.
	www.mrtv3.net.mm /pages/rakhine.html (202 words)

	rubyland.net, RAKHINE STATE
		Rakhine State is a long narrow coastal region cut off from the rest of Myanmar by the Rakhine Yoma.
		Sittwe is the capital of the state and a seaport with a rich hinterland producing crops, fish and Rakhine longyis.
		Mrauk Oo is the capital of the Rakhine Kingdom, which flourished from the 15th to 18th century.
	www.rubyland.net /plrakhine.htm (450 words)

	IDMC : Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre \| Countries \| Myanmar (Burma) \| Rakhine (Arakan) State: human rights ...
		New developments have been observed in recent months, including increased restrictions on movement as it became very difficult to obtain a travel pass after the new village-level administration was put in place, and the closing of a number of mosques which had been repaired or enlarged without permission.
		During the reporting period, mosques continued to be demolished, the freedom of movement of the Bengali-speaking Muslim minority remained excessively restricted and the vast majority of that minority remained de facto stateless.
		Recent reports on the situation in Rakhine state indicate that, subsequent to the recent dismantling of military intelligence (MI) structures, a large part of the NaSaKa border forces, comprising the military, MI, police, immigration and customs, has been disbanded and replaced by units from other sections of the Myanmar armed forces.
	www.internal-displacement.org /idmc/website/countries.nsf/(httpEnvelopes)/4808701AFEC5091C802570B8005AAD4F?OpenDocument (2130 words)

	Exotic Destinations in Myanmar
		It was first constructed by the Rakhine King Min Saw Mon in 1430 AD, and remained its capital for 355 years until 1784 when the Rakhine Kingdom ceased to exist as a separated entity and became an integral part of the Myanmar Kingdom.
		Father Manrique's vivid account of the coronation of king Thiri Thudhamma in 1635 and about the Rakhine Court and intrigues of the Portuguese adventurers fired the imagination of later authors, especially after an English translation was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1927 in 2 volumes.
		You can see some Rakhine men boxing and wrestling, some girls dancing and playing, and then there are also the mythical birds, beasts and half-human celestials and demons.
	www.exploremyanmar.com /othermrauku.htm (1368 words)

	Mailgate: soc.culture.asean: Traditional Rakhine Thingyan Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		They hold Traditional Rakhine Thingyan Festival in three stages, which are incense-grinding, offering of water to Buddha Images, and holding the water festival.
		At that time, the young Rakhine boys in the village come and join them in incense-grinding joyously accompanied by music and dance.
		In the Traditional Rakhine Water Festival as the third stage, Rakhine young girls sit at the pandal and wait for the boys who go round the town and come to participate in the water festival from one pandal to another.
	mailgate.supereva.it /soc/soc.culture.asean/msg12379.html (684 words)

	Rakhine State — FactMonster.com
		It lies at the foot of the Arakan Yoma mountain range, which rises to 10,050 ft (3,063 m) at Victoria Peak.
		The Arakanese, or Rakhine, who are of Burmese stock with strong Indian influences, are mostly engaged in intensive rice cultivation.
		Myanmar: Land and People - Land and People The most densely populated part of the country is the valley of the Ayeyarwady...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0841025.html (221 words)

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		But Rakhine State at that time possessed all the requirements to be considered and recognized as a regional autonomous state.
		Between 1948 and 1962 Burma is said to have enjoyed a rule of democracy, but for the Rakhines, that ‘democracy’ was meaningless since we were deprived of the democratic rights.
		But that was on paper only and the people of Rakhine never took it to be a real ‘State’ — autonomous with right to self-determination, no. It was a sham ‘state’ with full control of the Burmese juntas.
	www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/2002/20021206.txt (20913 words)

	RAKHINE Articles The Rakhine people (Burmese: ??????
		One major reason for the cultural differences between the dominant Bamar and the Rakhine is their geographical isolation due to the Arakan Yoma.
		The Rakhine have been greatly influenced by the Bengali (Bangla) culture, and traces of Bengali influence remain in many aspects of Rakhine culture, including its literature, music, and cuisine.
		In 1989, the name of Arakan State was changed to "Rakhine" by the military junta, in an attempt to honour its proper pronunciation in the Rakhine dialect.
	www.amazines.com /Rakhine_related.html (503 words)

	MRAUK-U, Goldenlandpages <http://www.goldenlandpages.com>
		Known as the Golden City by foreign travelers of the era it was a focus of trade due to its strategic on the coastal region of Bay of Bengal.
		The Rakhine people say that Chin-kite is a Myanmar mispronunciation of the Rakhine word Khraung kaik, the name of the city wall which is close to the north of the library.
		Rakhine has other historical sites which are earlier than Mrauk-U, at Vesali, only 6 miles to the north, and at Launggret a little further away, but easily reached by car in about half an hour.
	www.goldenlandpages.com /hotspots/myauku.htm (1948 words)

	Travel To Myanmar .com
		In accord with Rantapo treaty, Arakan (Rakhine) and Tennessarim (Teninthayi) were annexed by the British and Rakhine became part of India in 1827.
		Rakhine State is separated by the long mountain range of Rakhine Yoma from main land.
		Rakhine State is a narrow strip of costal region intersected with rivers, valleys and blue mountain ranges.
	www.traveltomyanmar.com /in_sittwe.htm (263 words)

	Myanmar Travel & Tourism, Myanmar Business Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Location: Rakhine State is situated in the westernmost part of the nation.
		Bordering Chin State in the north and Magway Division, Bago Division and Ayeyawady Division in the east and facing Bay of Bengal in the west, it is located between latitudes 17030' north and 21030' east longitudes 92010' east and 94050' east.
		Formation of districts, townships and villages: The total area of Rakhine State is 14,200 square-miles.
	www.millennium-tour.com /rakhine.htm (338 words)

	MSF Around the World
		MSF works in the states of Kachin, Rakhine and Tenasserim, where high levels of resistance to the most commonly used malaria medicines make treating the disease particularly difficult.
		In Kachin and Rakhine, MSF operates mobile malaria clinics and supports national field labs for testing and treatment of the disease, treating about 50,000 malaria patients a year - the vast majority of them children under 15 or pregnant women.
		Preventive education activities are implemented in Kachin, Rakhine and in the capital, Yangon (Rangoon).
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	Narinjara news
		A total of 70 Buddha statues were stolen from different temples in the Rakhine village in the coastal region during the last two years.
		Since then the Rakhine of Agathakurpara area in a bit to avoid theft of their statues made of valuable wood, touchstone, copper, bronze and marvel stone kept those in the houses of their clerics.
		Secretary of Rakhin Buddhist Welfare Association, Patuakhali Unit, said that a suspect in the theft of eight statues was handed over to the police.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/NN2003-05-12B.htm (399 words)

	Rohingya people Summary
		The Rohingyas are the Muslim minority of the Rakhine (formerly Arakan) State of Myanmar (Burma); although they number in the hundreds of thousands, available statistics are unreliable.
		Traditions hold that the Rohingyas have been settled in Rakhine since the seventh century, although strong evidence of their presence in Rakhine exists only from the fifteenth century.
		The Rohingya population is mostly concentrated in three northern townships of Rakhine State (formerly known as Arakan): Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Rathedaung.
	www.bookrags.com /Rohingya_people (896 words)

	Destinations From Travelinmyanmar.com - PEARL NADI TRAVELS & TOURS CO.,LTD.
		Rakhine State (formerly Arakan) is located on the western part of Myanmar between RakhineYoma (Mountain ranges) and bay of Bangle, and bordered with Bangladesh.
		This port city of the Rakhine State sits at the mouth of the Kaladan River where it empties into the Bay of Bangal.
		A large seated Buddha image was cast in 1900 in the Rakhine style with the royal costume common to many Rakhine images.
	www.travelinmyanmar.com /rakhine_state.htm (945 words)

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		Rakhine State Cultural Museum is situated at Sittway in Rakhine State.
		In the museum, the models of ancient Rakhine capitals are shown.
		That’s why Rakhine State cultural museum is a place where you can study the histonis Rakhine cultural from the past, to the present day.
	www.mrtv3.net.mm /pages/rakinemu.html (245 words)

	Myanmar: The Rohingya Minority: Fundamental rights denied - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Rakhine State (historically known as Arakan), is one of seven ethnic minority states which were formed under the constitution of 1974.
		The burden of forced labour demands from the authorities falls mainly on the Rohingya population, as the Rakhine population living in the same areas appear to often be exempted from it.
		The confiscation of land in Northern Rakhine State is related to the establishment of "model villages"; the construction or expansion of NaSaKa, military, and police camps; and establishing plantations for the security forces and also for new settlers.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA160052004 (14521 words)

	Your reliable tour operator in Myanmar, Oriental Comet Travels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An important destination in Rakhine State for the cultural minded tourist is the town of Mrauk U. There can see some of the most beautiful medieval Buddhist temples in typical Arakanese style, which are completely different to those in Central Myanmar.
		Formerly called Akyab, is situated in the Rakhine State, a long narrow coastal region to the west of Myanmar, separated from the mainland by the Rakhine Yoma (mountain range).
		Sittway is the capital of the state and a seaport with a rich hinterland producing crops, fish and Rakhine Longyis.Though Sittwe itself has few places of interest, a popular tourist destination in the Rakhine State, Mrauk Oo, can be reached only via Sittwe.
	www.orientalcomet.com /rakhine-state.html (318 words)

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