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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Bangladeshi People and Their Life

 
Bangladesh is a small and very glamorous country. The population of Bangladesh is approximately 156,050,883. The language that they use is Bengali. Most of people in Bangladesh are Muslim there are also different religious such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. They also have a lot of cultures and traditions. There some people who are poor and have trouble with their lives. Many children have to work for their family. Some of the children don’t go to school because they don’t have enough money. Bangladesh has some tremendous place that are very attractive.

Many children needs to work for their families and for themselves because their parents don’t have enough money from their work. They also have a large family. Some day they don’t even have enough money  from their work to buy food and eat. They also don’t have clothes to wear.Children sometimes do not go to school. Instead of going to school they have to work.The government can not help because of economic problems. People work as fire stone , labouring, sometimes in peoples houses, factories, working with sharp objects, grating spices, breaking bricks and more things. 

 Bangladesh has different neighboring religions and cultures. There are different  varieties people such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Each religion has their own culture and celebration. Islam is the largest religion in Bangladesh 90% people are Muslim. Muslim people have a different style from every religion. Muslim people believe in one god named “Allah”. Hinduism is the second religion in Bangladesh. They pray to different kind of goddesses called Devi, Durga, Kali or Shiva. Christianity is also a religion in Bangladesh. Every christian people celebrate Christmas. Buddhism is the third religion with 0.7% population adhering to Theravada Buddhism. Most of them live in south eastern Chittagong, Comilla, Rangmati. Some people belong to Buddhism are called Chakma, Marma, Khyang, Khumi.

The tradition that Bangladesh celebrate are Phoela Boishakh, Independence Day, Eid-Ul-Fitr, Eid- Ul-Adha, Durga Puja. Phoela Boishakh is a Bengali months happy new year. In that day people cook delicious food, decorate their house, and when they dressed up in their costume they look gorgeous. Independence Day is a historical  day because that’s a day for people when they own the war. Eid-Ul-Fitre and Eid-Ul- Adha is for Muslim people. In Eid people has a lot of things to do. They go to park, relatives houses and in a fair where you can get some amazing things made with soil, toys etcetera.

 

3 comments:

  1. wow this sure is an interesting essay to know about Bangladesh people =). i learned many stuff in this essay that i didn't knew before. Nice essay & GREAT WORK!!

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  2. FROM MS. DOUGLAS

    Mahfuza, I think this is my favorite post of yours thus far. I am impressed with the amount of knowledge you possess about the conditions in your country. You also chose appropriate pictures to match your text. Thank you for sharing this information with the class.

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  3. I love all the information you provided about Bangladesh. Learning about different cultures and countries is one of my favorite things to do. I just wish that I had more opportunities to visit all of the different places.
    Thanks for teaching me something new!!!

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