Tag: Eid-Ul_Azha

People’s takes risky Journey for Celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in Bangladesh

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I was their around 6.30 am. on the Dhaka airport train station to cover the people’s train journey on upcoming Eid Holidays. Thousands of home bound people left Dhaka and to go to their village town celebrating Eid with their loved ones.  Yes, it wills an amazing to see when train arrives on the station. I stand on the foot over bridge to take photos and observe the whole situation.

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 At that time one of train passenger came to me and asked, Are you journalist and said , I came here yesterday at  6.00 pm. to go to my home town in Lal Monirhat but my train is not to coming on time and authority said, It will possible to come around at 8.00 or 9.00 am these morning ! I am just waiting for long time and spend 200 tk. for my food; I spent one night on the station platform and fall sick.

I looked him and pay attention his problem but not to find any solution. I think this is our system every Eid holidays home bound people are regularly facing these problem.  Atik Hossain  work in a garments factory in the Dhaka city, he also said, I don’t have any ticket yet, my train name Rangpur Express, maybe I will try to ride on the train roof, I know it’s a risky journey but I don’t have any other way.

I am really pained at heart to read today’s news paper Eight people  died falling off the roof of running trains in Tangail and Bogra district on Friday night and yesterday. But people are not to pay much attention and not to bother about the news. I think people really mad to go their village any way. But the painful news is that every year home bound people take these risks by train, launch and bus journey and is in occurred an accident.  

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However, when the train arrives in the station, it’s already overcrowded look like a human sea. Within a few minutes people rush on the train and agitate each other to boarding on the train. Finally they are happy to go to their home to take a risky journey on the train roof. I hope to safe their journey and to celebrate the Eid-al-Azha with their loved ones.

Eyewitness, monirul alam, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 06. November 2011. http://monirul.photoshelter.com/

 

 

 

Seals of the sacrificial animals | Eid-ul-Azha

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 04 Oct 2011 Narsindgi:   Sacrificial animals stand on the local van named Vatvoti heading to the cattle market in Narshandi District. Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha one of the biggest religious festivals in the country. I took thes picture on the way to Narsindgi District where people buy their sacrificial animals two days remaining Eid-ul-Azha.

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 04 Oct 2011 Narsingdi: People punches their sacrificial animals on the cattle market in Narshandi District . Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha one of the biggest religious festivals in the country. I took thes picture on the way to Narsingdi District where people buy their sacrificial animals two days remaining Eid-ul-Azha.© Monirul Alam. http://monirul.photoshelter.com/

 

In the name of God

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Dhaka November 2010. Bangladeshi madras orphanage students using rickshaw van to collecting sacrifice animals tanned hide at old Dhaka. Bangladeshi Muslims celebrating the Eid-Ul-Azha the annual Islamic holiday is marked by the ritual sacrifice after morning prayers of sheep,goats,cows and other livestock whose meat is then shared with the poor.Copy Right:Monirul Alam

EID TRAVEL | Dhaka

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Dhaka city is now like turning human sea home bound people madly rush on the bus,train and launch station for celebrating  country’s second biggest religious festival Eid-Ul-Azha. Number of cattle market occupied on the main road traffic system is already collapse but people not to stop just moving and moving. I think  they are determined to go to  their village and celebrate Eid with their loved ones.

Tongi Station. November 2010. Hundreds of homebound passenger crowd the roofs of train risking their lives to meet their kins and share the joy of Eid festivity.Copy Right:Monirul Alam

We  just wait at Tongi rail station to take photos for our news coverage. I look around on the station number of people is waiting for train. The commuter train will be come from Dhaka station and go to other district. I see a few of garments worker just sitting on the station, I talked with them, Salma Begum said, The train was supposed to be here at 4.30 pm, now it’s 6.20 pm but not to arrive we just waiting hour and hour’s but we are happy  to go to my house, like Salma thousand of train passengers waited for  long time.

When the train is arrive on the station I just look, it is  already full of passenger inside and roof of the train while I see Salma just left her shoes and thrown the train roofs and than she climbs up on the train roofs, I think it is risking journey for her but Salma is smiling me and say good bye bhaiya Eid Mubarak. I took many pictures of Salma and her friends. Within a few minutes the train is left from the station at the same time I leave on the station and  started my motor bike to returning my office news editor have been waiting for my picture  . . .

16 November, 2010 Dhaka, Tuesday


Korbani | Dhaka

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KORBANI the sacrifice of animals on the tenth of Zilhajj OR Eid-ul-Azha, is next on of the Muslim people around the world.Bangladeshi  people also are  busy with their Eid related activities like home bound people standing long queues on the train station for purchase ticket, some of them going to the cattle market look around to purchase sacrifice animals with bit of confused Anthrax  . . .

After completing my office job I  returning on the way of my home with my motorbike. It was around 11.30 pm  suddenly I saw an interesting things, three kinds is  doing something on the street at mid-night I near to close upon of  them and watch  and ask them they said, Korbanir Chamrar Poster lagai . . .  amra madrashar chhatro . . .

Old Dhaka. November 2010. Orphanage students attached poster on the street wall at old Dhaka.Copy Right:Monirul Alam

Rabbi, Mostafa and Bappi three of them an orphanage students (madrasa student’s) attached poster on the street wall on the poster write a note, Please donated your sacrifice animals tanned hide for the orphan students. I spend many times  with them and talked- they are really enjoy this work and get feedback from the people they hope . . .

When I writing this post Dhaka city situation is enraged, BNP chief  opposition Khaleda Zia evicted from her cantonment house and angry BNP protester clash with law-enfources and they torch many vehicle around dhaka city law-enfources arrest many of them and BNP has called  day-long strike countrywide on Sunday. In this situation EID ahead people are more suffer   . .  .

Saturday,13 November 2010, Dhaka