Key words : characteristics communities maize poultry
A. Look at the pictures and talk with your partner about them. Then read the text.
Most of these ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics. They have their own lifestyles.
They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called 'machang'. Rice is their staple food. They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat. Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves. Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis. Women weave their own clothes.
Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dances, theatre and fairs. Traditional musical instruments such as bugles are made from buffalo horns, drums and bamboo flutes. Wrestling is a popular sport for them.
B. Find the answers from column B to the questions in column A and write them in complete sentences.
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| 1. Where do the ethnic people build their houses? | a) traditional musical instrument made from a buffalo horn |
| 2. What are their favorite pastimes? | b) clay, bamboo and wood |
| 3. What is a bugle? | c) rice |
| 4. What do the women wear? | d) on the wooden or bamboo platforms |
| 5. What are their kitchen utensils made of? | e) fishing and hunting |
| 6. What is their staple food? | f) thamis or sarongs and angis |
C. Complete the paragraph. Use the words below to fill in the gaps. There are more words than necessary.
| lungi sport earthen machang weave wrestling song rice fishing lifestyles wooden bugle |
The tribal people follow their _ The platform they build their houses on is called _ Men wear _ Women _ They are fond of songs, dance, music, and. _ is their favourite sport.
D. Imagine you are Sajeed and you have a Marma friend called Masing. Now, write a dialogue asking and answering questions about your dress, food, songs, sports and past times.
# বহুনির্বাচনী প্রশ্ন
Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices. We have delicious and appetizing food, snacks. and sweets.
Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of vegetables, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein. Fishes are now cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh-water fishes in the lakes and rivers. More than 40 types of fishes are common. Some of them are carp, rui, katla, magur(catfish), chingri (prawn or shrimp). Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsha is very popular among the people of Bangladesh.
Panta ilish is a traditional platter of Panta bhat. It is steamed rice soaked in water and served with a fried hilsha slice, often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion. It is a popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh.
The people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets. Almost all Bangladeshi women prepare some traditional sweets. Pitha, a type of sweets made from rice flour, sugar syrup, molasses and sometimes milk, is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter Pitha Utsab, meaning pitha festival, is organized by different groups of people.
Sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births, weddings, promotions, etc.
Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly milk-based. The common ones are roshgolla, sandesh, rasamalai, gulap jamun, kalo jamun and chom-chom. There are hundreds of different varieties of sweet preparations. Sweets are therefore an important part of the day-to-day life of Bangladeshi people.
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