Bangladesh is a small country, but it has its own culture and mixture of traditional values and modern values. Bangladeshi culture reflects the behavior of individuals, dresses, occasions, languages, livelihood, festivals, food, sports, art, literacy, music, etc. Bangladeshi art is a form of visual art that has been practiced throughout the land. Even social and religious customs have a great influence on it. This country is full of wonders. Even their natural beauty is breathtaking. Talking about natural beauty, this country has six seasons. In every season nature prepares herself with a new attire.
Festivals and celebrations:
Muslims constitute around 90% of the population in Bangladesh while Hindus and Buddhists are the most significant minorities in the country. Different religious people have different rituals with festivity. But no one interferes in others festivals, rather we all celebrate together with peace and harmony. There are four major religious festivals in Bangladesh. Those are Eid, Durga puja, Buddha Purnima and Christmas. People from several tribal communities also have their own respective festivals. The Government has declared National Holidays on those days.
There goes a popular saying – “Baro mashe tero parbon”. This shows a large number of festivals in our country. With the change of social and economic structures, the nature of festivals also changes. But some festivals are so deeply rooted in the social organism that they continue to entertain us from generation to generation.Apart from these religious and tribal celebrations, there are also several festivals. Among them, 14 April as Pohela Boishak, 21 February as Shaheed Dibosh, 26 March as Independence Day, and 16 December as Victory Day of killing are the most popular.
Bengali weddings are also celebrated like a festival. Muslim wedding processions and Hindu weddings follow the same parts of the wedding but the wedding part is somewhat different. The wedding is done along with a feast and according to the Hindu religion's wedding steps, the wedding most likely lasts the whole night starting in the evening. The Christian and Buddhist Wedding follow a totally different Process. They more or less follow Western Culture and Methods. Sometimes they too follow the Bengali wedding procession.
Fine arts:
Music, dance, and dramas are also deep rooted in our tradition. There are three types of dances: classical, folk, and modern. Bangladesh has a rich tradition of folk songs: Bhatiali, Baul, Bhawaiya and so on. There are many unknown anonymous lyricists who have enriched the tradition of folk songs of Bangladesh. Even we have several unique musical instruments: Bashi, drums, ektara etc. From the 90's, our quality rock bands arose not only in urban places from Dhaka but also the port city Chittagong. Bengali literature denotes the body of writings in the Bangla language which is world famous. Bengali literature claims to be 1,600 years old,which makes it more unique.
The Bangladeshi press is diverse, outspoken and privately owned. We have over 200 newspapers in our country. We also have state-run radio service, which is called Bangladesh Beta. Again, BTV is the state-owned television network. There are more than 20 privately owned television networks, including several news channels .Even cinemas also filmed with deep meaning here. In the 1960s, only 25–30 films were produced annually in Dhaka. But now in the 2000s, Bangladesh produced 80–100 films a year. While the Bangladeshi film industry has achieved limited commercial success; the country has produced notable independent filmmakers.
Lifestyle:
Bangladeshi people have a unique clothing style. Bangladeshi men traditionally wear a kurta, often called panjabi, shirt-pant on religious and cultural occasions. They are also seen wearing a shirt fotua, lungi as casual wear . Fotua is also available in various styles for women. Bangladeshi women traditionally wear saree during festive occasions, celebrations, weddings, and the workplace as a formal attire. Young females are also often seen in shalwar kameez in practical jobs. Sharis come in many different materials: silk sarees, georgette sarees, or designer sarees, each particular fabric contributes to representing the culture overall. Weaving these unique fabrics for these sarees is a traditional art in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is famous for its delicious food, and appetizers. Rice is the staple food that is served with a variety of items. Bhorta is a really common type of food used as an additive with rice. There are several types of bhorta such as Ilish bhorta, shutki bhorta, begoon bhorta, and more. Bengalis have a sweet tooth. Sweets are mostly milk based. There are many kinds of sweets such as rosogolla, shondesh Rasmalai, jilapi, and more. But what makes us more exceptional is pitha. Some most popular pithas are teler pitha, patishapta pitha, bhapa pitha, and more. In conclusion, Bangladeshi culture is full of wonder that anyone can fall in love with this.
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