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 market scene by Bonobo2005
In local restaurants people were usually settling themselves in such a way that they could enjoy watching me eating.
Also people were following me on the streets, just to see where I went. If I didnt move for a while, a small crowd gathered around me, curious, but also to help me further enthusiastically, although many can't read the English alphabet and we couldn't communicate at all.
Even in my hotelrooms, personnel and other guests, knocked on my door for a chat, a look in my room, a smoke or just to invite me for a cup of tea.
As long as you're relaxed and fit, the attention is quite nice, but when you're exhausted it's a different story!
If you want to avoid these things, you're better off staying and eating in business area's. Leave a Comment
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 Curious people... :) by janchan
At the beginning this habit can result a bit annoying, but when you get used... well... it is not a big deal, even because I've never felt unfriendly attitudes.
During the shooting of the documentary we always ended up to be "assisted" by hundreds of curious people... :) ...sometimes that was funny ! :) Leave a Comment
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 Breakfast at Hasena's house by janchan
You are supposed to use exclusively your right hand to touch the food, since the left hand is considered "dirty". So you will use your left hand to take the glass for drinking.
To avoid unpleasant consequences, never forget to wash your hands with clean water !! Leave a Comment
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 Good example by Saagar
For women, however, it is different. Life is generally though for local women, and not made easier by fairly strict dress and behavioural codes.
As a visitor one needs to follow some stated, unstated and unsaid rules. If you do not observe such rules you will essentially be looked upon as very strange and perhaps even obscene. If you are careful to observe these rules and try to adopt local customs (within your comfort zone) you will be much more appreciated as a visitor and much more likely to be taken in as a confidance. In essence, you will be taken seriously.
Essentially no bare shoulders, no shorts, no bare legs much above the ancles, and cover (or be prepaired to cover) your hair. No body-hugging clothes, except for the sari, which nearly always has a loose end to cover bust and one shoulder. The perfect dress for visitng women is the shalwar kameez. Go buy one! Leave a Comment
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 Not the Haimlich Grip by Saagar
However, any idle man in pants or longy with a hand free will ascertain somehow that the valuables are in place. A nice and perhaps daringly dressed (no hijab?) and thus apparently eligible lady passing will be met with the same handshake. Is there a connection?The men do not seem to think of it as anything special. For visitors it is viewed in a spectre from amusing via confusing to disgusting. Take your ... pick. Leave a Comment
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 by janchan
Sometimes you can see them under incredibly big and heavy loads, especially in the bricks factories. Leave a Comment
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 A 'puthi' reader, Bangladesh by janchanLeave a Comment
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 by Kartann
Usually they are covering whole body with brack a cloth. I can't see their face, but I feel they give a smile to me and be nice even for foreigner. Leave a Comment
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 by Kartann
In Sylet Leave a Comment
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 by Kartann
In Rangamati. Leave a Comment
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