Hooka Khomok hangout
Hooka: A smoking setup with the base of Coconut shell, wooden pipe and clay funnel with tobacco in it.
Khomok: Traditional single- string based tension drum type musical instrument.
On a easy midday hang out Shajahan is playing the Khomok and singing an spiritual song of very popular kind at the local tea shop. Smoking in Hooka is not so widely seen now a days in the coutry side with the availlibility of various grades of cigarettes.
Seasonal fruit shops
Summer in Bangladesh is the best season for fruit lovers.
Katigram Market place is the best place for those who want to buy or sale seasonal fruits.
Villagers harvest their fruits and bring it in the daily market which is in the early hour of the day or at haat [the weekly market] on Wednesday.
Besides fruits, this market is very popular for vegetables, fish, milk, rice and other daily consumptions.
Grass hunt
On the middle of the rice fields
The narrow paths full of grass
On a autumn afternoon in-between play job for kids
The mission for the food of loving cattles
Accompanied by the bag and a sickle/ kastey under arm.
[Kastey; special kind of new moon shaped knife for cutting grass]
Durgapuja
The greatest Hindu festival.
Worshiping the goddess Durga is an annual festival. This is a 10 day long festival.
Old age
Old age is lonely and difficult to bear.
The lonely one lives in the memories of her pasts and wait for the end to come.
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