Stock Photo - A woman from Bedey community healing a man suffering from rheumatism Bedey, a community belonging mainly to the ethnic Mong tong Mangta of Arakan, who in 1638, accompanied the fugitive Arakan king Ballal Raja, and later settled in Bikrampur area near Dhaka The Mangta people were popularly called Bedey after the Bangla word Baidda meaning village doctor Bedeys pretend to know the art of healing, which they use as a source of living besides snake catching, snake, charming etc The community generally lives in clusters on manchas platforms, by the side of rivers or on boats Jhenaigati, Sherpur, Bangladesh March 21, 2008