Around 11 am this morning Hasan came to pick up Fina and I and we headed to the old capital of East Bengal, Sonargaon for the day. After being stuck in traffic for a fair while we eventually reached our destination and made our first stop at the Lok Shilpa Jadughar (Folk Art and Craft Museum) and Bara Sardar Bari House from 1901.
In the park surrounding the museum was a lush garden with a pond and handicraft shops where we went strolling with bangladeshis enjoying their friday.
By one of the colorful saree shops were an old man and a teenage boy making the traditional jamdani fabric. It was really impressive to watch them throw the spool between them.
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| Fina, me & Hasan outside the Bara Sardar Bari House. |
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| Hi there.. |
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| Nice architectural details! |
In the park surrounding the museum was a lush garden with a pond and handicraft shops where we went strolling with bangladeshis enjoying their friday.
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| Fina by the pond.. |
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| ...me crossing the pond (why take the easy way, right?) |
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| Carousel for the kids. |
By one of the colorful saree shops were an old man and a teenage boy making the traditional jamdani fabric. It was really impressive to watch them throw the spool between them.
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| Saree-shop! |
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| Making the saree fabric jamdani. |
Further down the road was the majestic but ghost-like ruins of Painam Nagar. It was the trading centre for cotton fabrics during the brittish rule and built between 1895-1905 by wealthy Hindu fabric merchants. During partition the merchants left and the buildings were occupied by locals up until recently when it was enlisted on the World Heritage list and emptied for preservation.
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| Building in Painam Nagar |
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| Time for refreshments! |
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| A door. |
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| The ghost city of Painam Nagar. |
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