GIRLS FROM SUNSHINE ACADEMY IN DHAKA, Bangladesh among the throngs celebrating Ekushi February
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Category: Dhaka
MY FRIEND HALIM STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MANY STRUCTURES GREETING visitors entering Dhaka for the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011. It has parts of each of the 14 participating countries represented on a cricket bat. Today Bangladesh is playing India. For both teams this is almost as important as the finals. In a previous World Cup Bangladesh upset India and India is hoping for paybacks today.
LADY IN KOLANPUR, DHAKA, BANGLADESH getting cup ready for my tea at her roadside tea stand.
AMADER KAJER LOKER PORIBAR! Oops, I better translate. This is our house-helper and her family. (L to R) Shaheen’s son, Sultan, Shaheen (our house-helper), her daughter, Pinky (Sultana), and Shaheen’s Mother
They are standing in the doorway of Shaheen’s one-room dwelling in one of the many Bihari camps in Dhaka. Sultan was dressed up to celebrate the festival, Muharram. The festival commemorates the martyrdom of the prophet Mohammed’s grandson- Hazrat Imam Hussein.
PREPARING GRAPES FOR SALE IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
YOUNG BIHARI GIRL brushing her teeth and checking out the foreign photographer!
“MERRY CHRISTMAS ADVANCE” ( The greeting they give here for an early holiday greeting) HERE I AM GETTING READY TO DELIVER COOKIES TO THE other 31 apartments in our building. Since we are leaving for Indonesia on Saturday, we thought we would get this done early. I got many invitations to come in and drink tea, eat snacks, and visit. It was a very enjoyable time. We have very nice neighbors!
BENGALI LADY GETTING water for cooking.
THESE ARE NEIGHBORS OF OURS. I think the boys are brothers and the girl is their house helper. It was Korbani Eid and they were watching the sacrifice of the cows.
HALIM, ONE OF MY GOOD MUSLIM BENGALI FRIENDS. He was dressed for the prayers on Korbani Eid day. He is one of the 10-20 guys, I play football (soccer) with 5 days a week.
HALIM’s niece resting in the chair.
WE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING MEAL YESTERDAY, prepared by the men.
We had goose, chicken, mashed potatoes, bread, french onion soup, pumpkin pie, apple pie, orange/coffee custard, potato stuffing, chicken gravy, momos, veggies, and okra. Sorry guys, if I missed an item.
Here is a photo of the potato momos I made. I took momo cooking lessons at a cafe in Darjeeling with Austin. Here is a link that a lady put online, who had also taken the lessons there: http://www.ordinaryvegetarian.com/2010/05/tibetan-momos-in-darjeeling.html
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