Description : A Bedey family in Potia, Chittagong. The Bedey community belong mainly to the ethnic Mong-tong (Mangta) of ARAKAN who accompanied the fugitive Arakan king Ballal Raja in 1638 and later settled in Bikrampur near DHAKA. Later, the Bedeys spread out to remote areas of Bengal and Assam.They are 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 by the side of roads, rivers or on boats. Bangladesh.