Description:
Kali Pada, one of the most elderly of porter family, old age does not allow him work as palanquin porter.Palanquins are still used for carrying brides in remote Bangladesh. In Mathbari, a far-off village in Sundarbans, some people still cling to palanquins. The palanquin-porters are saving a heritage, a century old culture of the soil, for the sake of saving their lives in a miserable way. Mathbari, Kaira, Bangladesh. May 06, 2007.
Description:
Kali Pada, one of the most elderly of porter family, old age does not allow him work as palanquin porter.Palanquins are still used for carrying brides in remote Bangladesh. In Mathbari, a far-off village in Sundarbans, some people still cling to palanquins. The palanquin-porters are saving a heritage, a century old culture of the soil, for the sake of saving their lives in a miserable way. Mathbari, Kaira, Bangladesh. May 06, 2007.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shehab Uddin
City:
Kayra
Country:
Bangladesh
Headline:
Palanquin_Bangladesh
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Copyright Majority World
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Image Description:
Kali Pada, one of the most elderly of porter family, old age does not allow him work as palanquin porter.Palanquins are still used for carrying brides in remote Bangladesh. In Mathbari, a far-off village in Sundarbans, some people still cling to palanquin