page_title: Mru people
section_title: Musical instruments
hierarchical_section_title: Mru people / Musical instruments
caption_attribution_description: Ploong, a musical instrument of the Mru people
context_page_description: The Mru, also known as the Mro, Murong, Taung Mro, Mrung, and Mrucha, refer to the tribes who live in the border regions between Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India. The Mru are a sub-group of the Chin people, a few of whom live in western Myanmar. They are also found in the northern Rakhine State. In Bangladesh, they reside in the Chittagong Hills in southeast Bangladesh, primarily in Bandarban District and Rangamati Hill District. In India, they reside in West Bengal.
  The Mru people are divided into five distinct linguistic and cultural sub-groups: the Anok, Tshüngma, Dömrong, Dopteng, and Rümma.
caption: A Mru boy playing the ploong.
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