Bangladesh Folklife and Folklore for Ages

Dr. Anwarul Karim recently published Bangladesh Folklife and Folklore for Ages, highlighting the rich cultural heritage of the country. Dr. Karim explained, “Bangladesh was once known as the Golden Bengal for her economic wellbeing and prosperity. Jute was then the golden fibre that helped quality product in the world and so was the ‘Muslin’, a product of a special kind of cotton fibre produced by the Bengal weavers. It caught the world market since the period of the Mughals. The British forced the weavers from producing Muslin in order to sell their own product and tortured them brutally to such an extent that led to the cutting of their thumbs. Our young people have no knowledge of all these. The Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh is a detailed study of our heritage beginning from the pre-Aryan period to the present. In my study, I collected information from different sources-using libraries, books, journals and periodicals and stories published in the News Papers such as The Daily Star, The Sun.”

Check out more about the book here.