Category: Portraits


DIPRO, A TTLER GOES FOR A RIDE ON THE BEACH LOOKING FOR PHOTO-OPS!

10 TAKA PER KM AT THE LEAST! Don’t ask any questions!

I TRAVELED TO KUAKATA WITH ALMOST TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHERS. IT WAS THE  BANGLADESH TTL PHOTO CLUB.

Fisherman With His Net!

SEND-OFF “COMMITTEE” COMPRISED OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!

MIJON AND ROBBY IN THE FRONT ROW.  In the back there are Sky and Ripon.

Friends!

This is a team I play with most every morning.

A great bunch of guys! They won the Bag Packer’s 2012 Tournament and are looking forward to winning the 6-a-side Corporate Tournament 2012.

 

Two Young Bengali Girls on the Way to School

Thinking and Waiting?

Another Photo From the Bluff Overlooking the Flood Plains in Malumghat!

Fisherman at Rest!

While the parents were at the hospital Candace and Chayla spent 36 hours with us!  I took them to a tea stand on our street and then to a playing field near our apartment building.  I kind took the place of their real Grandpas as best as I could. Their little brother, Carver Tate was born at 9:07 pm on June 25.

Bengali man sitting here enjoying the Boli Kheli in a Malumghat village.

In the Shade!

I saw this girl looking out of her mud hut in the Malumghat village.  The first photo was not exposed properly, but she was more than glad to pose for me again.

Bengali Village Girl

Until I turn 64 in 2 months, I get to live with an older woman!! 🙂

A Sweet Wife With a Sweet Smile!

BOLI KHELA (WRESTLING)

I HEARD MUSIC AND ANNOUNCEMENTS THE SECOND DAY SO I RETURNED TO THE VILLAGE TO SEE THE BOLI KHELA.  This time there were young men wrestling, so the information I had at first was accurate.  They must have decided to also add some bull fighting to give the two day festival some variety.  Here is a description of  the Boli Khela:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boli_Khela

Boli Khela (or Bali Khela) (Bengali: বলীখেলা) is a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh, particularly popular in the Chittagong area. Boli means a powerful person in Bengali, while Khela denotes a game. It is particularly played in the month of Chaitra (March-April in the Bangla Calendar).[1] A festival usually takes place on the 25th of April in the port city Chittagong at the Laldighi Maidan attracts thousands of supporters each year.  Wikipedia

Just Pick Him Up and Carry Him!