Rajpunyah
rajpunyah conventional celebration people chittagong hill tract bangladesh assemble pay tax king circle head festival take place every five six year though used take place every year previously following occasion folk fair start go three day thousand local foreign tourist visit bandarban every year festival bohmong king organizing rajpunyah festival since ad collect jhum tax ninth bohmong king started formal tax collection however death th bohmong king manshaiprue chowdhury rajpunyah take place two year rajpunyah festival much enhanced last year assimilating different cultural aspect different people living chittagong hill tract people hill district rajpunyah one biggest festival present chakma circle celebrates rajpunyah rangamati hand bohmong circle arranges rajpunyah bandarban different indigenous people come see king great interest different place rajpunyah festival first introduced british rule rajpunyah better known ‘poingjara powaye’ various local tribal community according hill tradition two hundred year king collect tax organizing fair beginning year rajpunyah ceremony headman mouzas king paid tribute expressed allegiance later king address people reward tribals contributed various field king ascends royal throne thousand flower rug later one one king receives tax various gift people every year bandarban rajpunyah courtyard palace becomes unique gathering place indigenous people bengali people bandarban rangamati also rajpunyah fair attracted thousand domestic foreign tourist result acute seat crisis hotel motel bandarban rajpunyah traditional fair hill circus puppet dance indigenous instrumental music dance song drama staging whirligig besides businessmen set hundred shop different product