SHUBHO NABO BARSO to all my Benglai friends. Tomorrow is Poila Baisakh, New Year’s Day in Bangladesh. It is traditional to wear red, which I am sure will be no different tomorrow.
Ladies already clad in red on New Year’s Eve.
Category: Holiday
GIRLS FROM SUNSHINE ACADEMY IN DHAKA, Bangladesh among the throngs celebrating Ekushi February
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ON EKUSHI FEBRUARY (Feb 21) holiday folks were out commemorating International Mother Tongue Language Day. Charles and his daughter, Candace were trying out hats. In reality Candace wanted a hat, and a cap salesman wanted Charles to have a cap!
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER!
“Pollyanna?” & her Father!
EKUSHI FEBRUARY, AND INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY! MY WIFE, ALICE, AND I HAD our faces painted which is a tradition on holidays. We both had the Shohid Minar (language martyrs memorial) painted on our faces and Alice had the Bangladesh national flag painted on her hand. This is the day in 1952 when some students were martyred who were protesting because Pakistan didn’t want Bangla as one of the national languages. At this time Alice and I were 3 1/2 years old.
THIS BENGALI LADY POSED FOR ME as I was returning from a trip to Farmgate on Victory Day to get my glasses adjusted. On 16 Dec 2011 Bangladesh celebrated the 40th anniversary of its victory against Pakistani troops in the 1971 Liberation War.
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.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our friends and acquaintances! We trust it will be a good year for you and your families. I received a number of texts, from either the phone company or friends, which I really enjoyed so I will share them with you.
(Happy New Year) Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous NEW YEAR 2011! – M. Rabbi
Wish you a great, prosperous, healthy, bright, delightful, energetic, terrific, mind blowing & extremely happy new year 2011! – Swapan
*HAPPY NEW YEAR*……. *2011*….. “12 months of Happiness”….. “32 weeks.. FUN”….. “365 Days of success”….. “525,600 minutes of good luck….”31,536,000 seconds joy”… wishing your advance for upcoming”…..HAPPY NEW YEAR— ‘2011’ –
Keep the smile, leave the tear, think of joy, forget the fear…hold the laugh, leave the pain, Be joyous..Happy New Year…Aquib
Drinking a cold drink at the “Coffee Club” coffee shop, in Kuala Lumpur. The shop had just opened the day before!
ALICE READING IN THE EVENING in the relaxing area beneath our lumbung. We stayed at Hotel Lumbung Damuh for the last five nights in Bali, including Christmas Eve and Christmas. It was a very relaxing place, with the background of the waves hitting the shore just 30 yards from our lumbung (Balinese style home on pillars)!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS! We are having a relaxing day here in Bali, Indonesia, reading books, editing photos, taking photos, enjoying good food, etc. Photos were taken at airport in Kuala Lumpur on our way from the U.S. A. to Dhaka in September.
ALICE ENJOYING HER ICED COFFEE and I enjoying a orange/mango smoothie. These photos are basically in realtime! We are at the “Coffee Club” which opened yesterday! A very nice place near what they call “Times Square!”
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.
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