NEW FRIEND
I made friends with this niece of Halim during my visit to his apartment.
Category: Bangladesh
SUPER TASTY MEAL
Fish, leafy vegetable, eggs were served during my visit to Halim’s house in the Mohammadia Housing area. There was also dal (lentil soup) and two more kinds of fish. It was the best Rui Mach (Bengali name for the fish) I had ever had in Bangladesh.
INTERRUPTED NAP
Halim’s Brother-in-law checks to see who is walking by his window. All of his relatives were very friendly. A few didn’t want their photos taken.
YOUNG GIRL
This young girl is a niece of the tea-stand operator I spent the afternoon with last Friday.
HALIM a 29 yr-old young man I play football with. He invited me to his teastand and house today. I had an enjoyable six hours with him. Here he is giving me a cup of tea.
LUNGI and my favorite t-shirt. After yesterday’s photo showing the out-of-focus spools of thread used in lungi making I thought I should follow-up with a photo showing how a lung is worn. It is never worn by women. It does resemble a wrap-around skirt, but with no ends to the skirt (basically a length of fabric with the ends sewed together.
LUNGI in the making. While in Joypara we enjoyed watching the different steps in the weaving process of lungi-making. At night when you walked down the path, you could hear the clickety-clack of the looms. The lungi is what poor men wear all the time and others only in the confines of their homes. I wear one most of the time in my home.
SAFE in the arms of the Father or Grandfather. This youngster soon fell asleep when the bus left Dhaka to go to Joypara.
WATER
Since we were without water in our apartment building since last evening I thought this photo from our Easter weekend trip to Joypara would be fitting.
CHILI PEPPERS
There may be a shortage of electricity in Bangladesh, but not a shortage of these essential peppers. No one makes better spicy curries than the Bengalis.
JOYPARA LADY
This is a lady I met on the path in the Joypara village.
ON THE PADMA
Last weekend we spent in Joypara. We took this boat across the Padma River in Southern Bangladesh to an Island. We played football, waded, and I took some photos of some birds. After several hours we took the boat to see the mansion of a former Minister of the previous government, and then headed back to the shore near a bus stand. This photo is of me with Kamal, our host and the boatman.
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