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{{short description|Indo-Aryan community}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2020}}
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{{infobox ethnic group
| group = Bonaz
| population = 4,400
| region1 = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| region2 = {{flag|India}}
| popplace = [[Srimangal]] ([[Bangladesh]]) - 4,000<br>[[Tripura, India]] - 400
| langs = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Odia language|Odia]]
| religions = [[Hinduism]] (majority), [[Christianity]] (handful)
| related_groups = [[Indo-Aryan peoples]], [[non-resident Odia]]s
}}

The '''Bonaz people''' ({{lang-bn|বোনাজ}}, {{lang-or|ବୋନାଜ|Bonaj}}) are an [[Odia people|Odia]] diaspora community that live in [[Srimangal]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[Tripura, India]].

In the nineteenth century, the British brought them over from [[Odisha]] to work as tea garden labourers in [[Srimangal]]. They are [[Hindus]] and maintain a distinct identity in addition to their [[Bangladeshi]] identity, due to cultural, linguistic, geographical and historical reasons. Many have adopted the [[Bengali language]];<ref name=bpedia/> although only 10% of the community are actually literate in the language. They celebrate [[Phagwah]] and [[Durga Puja]], and have managed to preserve some of their ballads and folk-tales orally as well as through performing cultural festivals. They are led by a leader known as a ''Behera'' and split into eight clans: Nag, Khanda, Tanidiya, Dudhusha, Rakta Kushila, Suryabamsa, Baghabamsa and Mahanandiya.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Bonaz|author=Jengcham, Subhas}}</ref> A few of the minority that live in [[Tripura]] have forcefully been evangelised by the [[Joshua Project]].<ref name="joshuaproject">{{cite web|url=https://legacy.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=21370&rog3=IN|author=Joshua Project|website=legacy.joshuaproject.net|title=Bonaj in India Ethnic People Profile|accessdate=17 March 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[History of Sylhet]]

==References==
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{{Ethnic groups in Bangladesh}}
[[Category:Indo-Aryan peoples]]
[[Category:People from Srimangal Upazila]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]

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