Hi
Before I start, apologies for not posting on Wednesday. I arrived Bangladesh last week and settling down has been tough. Now it's fine and still adjusting as time goes by. Either way I'm back now and I shall be posting blogs every week with new Bangladesh adventures that I will explore. Today is about content you'll find in a house in Bangladesh. Without further ado, here's what you'll find...
Old/broken toys. Usually it's from when we were young or when our oarents were young.
Manual sewing machine. It's typical for a lady to have a sewing machine from the 90s when they used to stitch their kids' or grandkids' clothes. Yes, my gran used to stitch clothes for me too. Best thing about this is that you don't need electricity, just the energy and force of your leg.
Old furniture. This is also something I have been seeing from when I was young. The only thing that changes of these old furnitures is their location and their state, it gets worse.
Personalised cupboard. These designs are choosen by whoever will use them and made by the people in furniture shops. It's really easy to get made your own customied furniture or cupboard. Hence why the old furnitures end up in the balcony.
Dressing table. It is essential for a house to have these. Most of the time people will have their makeup and everyday stuff adorned on top of it. If you ask why it's empty, well... There are 2 small kids in the house so... Not so ideal to keep them in front of the kids.
Toilet with no seat. Yes, that's right! A toilet with no seat. Just a hole. If you're bengali or a country that has these then you know. If not, let me explain. These are called "pan" (pronounced pen). You take off your trousers half way or full and sit like you are doing squats and do your business. Current families don't have it anymore as they have seats. But some toilets have it which are normally for guests.
Canvases. Asian families love to decorate their houses with canvases. They have pretty images in some but some of them are so strangen. They'll have an image of "London" or some other known place. My gran has a huge canvas of ALL THE FRUITS IN THE WORLD. I'm not kidding, it has so many fruits that the canvas is huge. I will try to share it on my Snapchat or Instagram
Decorating cupboard. These cupboards are designed to hold little cute stuff they may have received as a gift or cute kids' toys. It's been there for years and the content is also really old. You might as well go and ask your gran and she might say it's a gift from my uncle's wedding from 8 years ago.
Telephone. This telephone is extremely old. I don't remember how old but it is strangely old. You might think that it's broken or it's a toy telephone now. NO!
This telephone still goddam works. I have seen people talking on it still now. It's so strange.
Fancy household cupboard. This cupboard is different from decorating cupboard because this one holds fancy household content such as dinner sets and cup sets. Do these items get used. No! Only in case of emergency. Aka when a very important guest comes.
Steel furniture/ cupboard. By now you should have realised that bengalis have a lot of cupboards for all uses. These cupboards are really safe and secure. But because there are so many new ones that now they hold people's old clothing and accessories for bedding.
Hope you enjoyed this post and let me know what posts you would like to see that are Bangladesh related.
Take care,
Yours, Nafiza
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