"SLC27-W1 | A One-Day Street Journalist: Festival-centric business."
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Assalamu Alaikum my Steemit brothers and sisters, I hope everyone is doing well. I am also doing well with your prayers and the infinite mercy of Allah, Alhamdulillah. Today I feel very lucky to be able to participate in the first week of the Steemit Challenge Season 27 competition under the title "A One-Day Street Journalist". Starting from our religious festivals, there are many festivals for people of different religions. However, I think our biggest festivals are the two Eids, during which we rejoice a lot. Among them, there are some other festivals celebrated, among which our most religious festival is the Waz Mahfil. When we go to this Waz Mahfil, we see various small shops on the side of the road.
As a woman, there is no rule to go to the waz mahfil. But we can definitely enjoy its beauty from outside. So first of all, I would like to thank @max-pro brother a lot. For organizing such a beautiful competition with small traders about our religious festival or cultural festival. To be honest, the festival is held in everyone's house, so we all try to participate in this festival. In fact, today I also tried to participate in the waz mahfil of the biggest madrasa in our market. As a woman, it is not right to go inside the pandal or inside the madrasa to participate in the waz mahfil. So I only stayed there for a short time from outside.
What are the Festival-centric businesses in your area? |
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During festivals, we see different types of traders on the roadside. So when we have festivals here, who are the traders that we see on the roadside? Some sell children's toys, then there are many types of food items, such as selling fried rice, selling jhalmuri. Along with that, there are small shops where you can get things like puri, mughlai and fried rice. Along with that, you can see small pandals and tea shops. In a word, there are many other types of shops, such as you will find perfume shops there. You will find hats there and also different types of cosmetics used by women, i.e. earrings, necklaces, bath lights, etc.
Wherever the festival is celebrated, various small pandals are set up around it and various types of traders come there. From children's toys to things for adults, you can find various types of things there. Which I actually like a lot.
Have you ever bought anything from these stores? Show pictures + videos and show their prices. |
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Yes, of course I have bought some things from this shop, not once but many times. In fact, during festivals, our joys are filled and to share that joy with all of us, we buy different kinds of things for the children and buy some things for the elders and give them as gifts. I am no exception to this. Today too, when I spent time in this waz mahfil. Then I bought several things, so I will definitely try to share the details of those things with you. Along with that, I will try to inform you about their prices.
The first thing I bought was a toy car for my child. The car he actually wanted to buy was a toy car. So first he bought the car, then a hat for him and a prayer beads for me. We also bought some food items.
| Products name | BDT | Steem price |
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| A toy car | 230 BDT | 16.42 steem |
| A hat | 120 BDT | 8.57 steem |
| A tasbeeh | 140 BDT | 10 steem |
| A perfume | 80 BDT | 5.71 steem |
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| Information | Description |
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| Festival Area | Dalta Madrasa Jame Mosque Waz Mahfil |
| Google maps/plus code | https://plus.codes/7MPC4WFX+H5 |
| Atlas pin code | [//]:# (!steematlas 24.1239375 lat 88.9479375 long Dalta Madrasa Jame Mosque Waz Mahfil d3scr) |
| Photography system | Vivo y20 |
Then my sons actually had a Jhalmuri Mama's shop a little near the pandal, they ate Jhalmuri from there, which was actually not possible for me to go there, so I couldn't take any photographs of it. What I did was a small shop a little away from the pandal. In which Mughlai, then Cha, Piyaju, Aloo Chop Beguni was being prepared, I went there and bought some food from there.
Why are people more attracted to street stalls during festivals? |
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In fact, I have been seeing it since childhood when we have a festival. Then, people are very attracted to the food from the shops on the side of the road, to the toys for children. I don't know how it is for everyone. But in my case, things look much more beautiful. Especially the things you buy from the shop, the price of that thing is allocated. That is, a premium price is given. Which is actually not possible for everyone to buy at that extra price, I am saying this from my experience.
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But the shops you will see on the side of the road, be it food shops or toy shops or various kinds of goods shops. But you can buy those things according to your means. That is, if the price of an item in the shop is 100 taka. Then you can buy that item from outside for at least 90 taka or 80 taka. For me or I can say from personal experience, maybe this is why we are more attracted to the outdoor shops, that is, the outdoor shops during festivals.
04 Are these businesses contributing to preserving local culture? |
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Of course I agree with this statement, these businesses play an important role in preserving our local culture. The toys that we used to see when we were young, but nowadays we don't see such toys in various shops or markets. However, when any festival is held, we easily find such toys in outdoor shops or roadside shops. Which I think, these shops are preserving our traditional culture. They remind us of our childhood.
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When I went here yesterday, from what I saw, there are very few toys in toy stores, especially old toys. Nowadays, the toys that are available in the play stores are more common. But in the past, there were hand cars, there were various types of small cars. Which are almost impossible to see nowadays. However, in these small shops, you will easily find the cars of your childhood, and you will easily understand how your tradition and culture are being preserved.
Today, when I was actually trying to dig a little deeper into these businesses or our traditional festival culture. I really feel very lucky that, if not in real life, at least in my writing life, I can present myself as a journalist. And I tried to answer every question of the competition correctly. If there is any mistake, then of course, please forgive me and try to let me know through comments. I will try to correct it quickly.
I would like to invite three of my friends to participate in this competition. @gabrielagg @jakaria121 @sabus Please participate here and share with us your feelings about the festival and what you can contribute to being a journalist. Wishing everyone good health, I am leaving here today. May everyone be well and healthy. May Allah Hafez protect you.
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