Bhola Part 2


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June 4th 2009
Published: June 4th 2009
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 Video Playlist:

1: Sea plane landing in Bhola 141 secs
2: Fish boys of Bhola 31 secs
View of the washed out villageView of the washed out villageView of the washed out village

while crossing the river
(Brought to you by my once lost and now returned camera charger)

Finally, the video of our sea plane landing. It's a decent view of the landscape, but hold out for the end of the video, when you can see children from the nearest village running along the banks to see what has just landed in their river.

The second video is a new favorite of mine, and gives a sense of that enchanted-forest type feeling that I sometimes talk about in Bhola. You half get the sense that one of the boys (carrying pots of fish on their heads) will sprout fairy wings and fly off in the middle of the video. Listen to it in a quiet room and you can hear the birds chirping and the hay being raked across the path.


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Walking to the resettlement villageWalking to the resettlement village
Walking to the resettlement village

The island has no infrastructure--just wheat fields, rice fields, and a cluster of government built tin houses
Husking wheatHusking wheat
Husking wheat

Everyone participates, because there isn't much else to do on the island. Most of the kids don't go to school, because there is no school on the island and they can't afford a boat to the nearest village.
The man built lakeThe man built lake
The man built lake

at the center of the government built camp
Parendi, Me and SheemaParendi, Me and Sheema
Parendi, Me and Sheema

In fact there is a woman behind that black mask. She introduced herself to me halfway through the 45 minute journey. Our conversation, however, didn't amount to much, as I had a hard time understanding what she was saying through the muffle of black cloth.
Villagers helping us Villagers helping us
Villagers helping us

Assistance is easy to come by. We literally just had to stop the first guy we saw (the one on the left) and ask if he knew any of the villagers we were trying to track. Before we knew we had a crowd of helpers.
The local family of womenThe local family of women
The local family of women

who let us use their bathroom and fed us achar on our two days in this village.


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