Muslim Eid & Bengal New Year Festival Photo Tour

Muslim Eid is the biggest Muslim festival in Bangladesh, during this festival, more than 10 million people left the capital city Dhaka to their origin homes by train, bus, and ferry. Due to not sufficient transport in this time, people travel by overcrowded roof of trains, overloaded ferries, and buses. On this trip, you will also explore the food festival, Asia’s largest shipyard, Fishing at sea beach, people, daily life, and culture with amazing photography opportunities.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Overcrowded Trains.
Overloaded ferries
Ramadan Food Festival
Asia’s Largest Shipyard.
Bengali New year Festival
Most Ritual festivals the Charak worship.
Red chilies Season.
Batik fabrics villages & Sun-dry process Rice Paddy
Biggest Stone Mine of Bangladesh.
Traditional Brick Factories.
Daily Life and Daily Labors
Old Dhaka City Heritage

TOUR DATE

14-27 April 2024
Duration: 14 Days 13 Nights
Extension: 2-5 Days Extension Available

TYEPE & GROUP

Photography Tour
Small Group
Maximum 8 Participants.
+ One Photographer Guide
+ One Tour Manager

SKILL LEVEL

Suitable for ALL Skill Levels,
Novice to Advanced or
Beginner to Professional Photographer.

PHYSICAL FITNESS

Easy to Moderate,
Suitable For Any Mature Age Level.

Muslim Eid & Bengal New Year Festival Photo Tour Itinerary

DAY 01: ARRIVAL DHAKA

After arrival, our representative will greet you at the airport and then take you to the hotel for check-in. this afternoon’s photoshoot at old Dhaka city, People & their custom & heritage, and rickshaws (tricycles). A special Welcome Dinner & Enjoy the slideshow presentation by our photo guide, you will get more information and idea which will be helpful for your journey.

DAY 03: BATIK VILLAGE-RICE FACTORIES

At dawn, we will leave for the Northeast of the country. Along the way, we will stop to photograph the biggest tie-dying (Batik) village of Bangladesh, people making colors on fabrics by traditional process and dry fabrics in the sun. Rice factories, people working rice factories, the lines of rice paddy while the sun-dry process in the courtyard.

DAY 4: CHARAK WORSHIP

Photoshoot on vilalge fair and the most interesting Hindu ritual festival the Charka worship. Much level village people gathering here to celebrate the charak worship, Enjoy the village fair and rural cultural activities.

DAY 5: BENGAL NEW YEAR

Photography of people celebrating the most colorful and most prominent festival of Bangladesh. Explore the UNESCO world heritage MONGOL Rally, Folk and cultural events. People wear colorful traditional dresses, Sharee, Panjabi, Gamcha.

DAY 06: DHAKA-NORTH BENGAL

At dawn, we will leave for the North Bengal of the country. Along the way, we will stop to photograph the coal port where every day more than 3000 daily laborers come here to unloading black coals, bricks and sands carry on their heads from lighter vessels. Next, we will stop village photography of the natural Shawla or alga plant in the river and birdseye view of the green river from the bridge.

DAY 07: RED CHILIES

At down we well enter to the local vegetable market, local people bring vegetables to the local market for sale. after that Explore the most spectacular red chilies processing on sundry, village people drying red chilies sundry on the courtyard, making beautiful lines and lanes on drying red chilies courtyard. Driving to Dhaka.

DAY 08: SHIPYARD

At morning photo shoot on the old Dhaka city riverside where you will capture hundreds of people crossing river bus small local boats and riverside market and activities. Next we will enter the Shipyard, a slum, and home to the largest shipyard in Asia. A labyrinth-like city in which giant skeletons of old ships provide work for around 15,000 people, with the task of dismantling ships, and creating new boats with the recovered parts.

DAY 09: BRICK FACTORIES

At morning we will enter several brick factories, explores whole traditional process of bricking making where brick laborers making brick by hand in the traditional processes. Red bricks with dust carry on their overhead. After lunch visit local train station, people traveling in crowded train even seating roof of the train. Beside train station you a chance to shoot very interesting street photography.

DAY 10: RAMADAN FOOD FESTIVAL

At morning photography on old motor parts shops and street photography.After lunch lunch photo shoot on Ramadan food festival at old Dhaka city, it’s history of 100 years.

DAY 11: TRAIN STATION

Muslim Eid is the biggest Muslim festival in Bangladesh, during this festival, more than 10 million people left the capital city Dhaka to their origin homes by train, bus, and ferry. Photo shoot on overcrowded train, people traveling roof of the train.

DAY 12: TRAIN STATION-FERRY TERMINAL

the morning session photoshoot another train station of the city, overcrowded trains, risky ride rooftop of trains. Next photoshoot on overcrowded ferries, thousands of people traveling to go origin home at the village.

DAY 13: MUSLIM EID FESTIVAL

Early morning explores Muslim Eid ul Adha activities, central mosque and central Eidgah field where thousands of Muslims join the Eid Special pray. The second session explores old Dhaka city, which enjoys Eid festival activities and street photography.

Tour Cost, Include & Not Include

Images From Colors of Bengal Photo Tour