some fishermen in the waters off cox's bazaar
this man was cooking some dinner on his boat. he allowed me climb up, walk around, and takes some pictures. and he offered me some of what he was cooking - onions and fish
one of the features of bangladesh is that many people work with their bodies, and many of these people work in a highly visible, public way. i find this to be one of the most engaging aspects of life here. it provides a constant source of interesting scenes to observe - people (mostly men) using their hands, arms, and legs to move and to mold the dirt or rope or wood or metal.
Great photos. What hard working men. Do they every get a day of rest?
ReplyDeletethank you. i think they do get times of rest.
ReplyDeletecompared to a lot of other manual labor jobs here, i think being a fishermen would be a great job - the work is hard, but the environment is wonderful. they are outside, working with their friends, and many of them function like small businessmen. so better than the factory work, or very dirty work, that a lot of other folks do (in bangladesh and elsewhere).
at some point, i would like to do a series of posts on physical labor in bangladesh - perhaps with pictures of people at work in different ways.
I love the physical world you're regarding, in this post and the one about the young boys who seem to have more awareness of their surroundings than of their own minds.
ReplyDeleteSo is this hard, meaningful labor that gives dignity, as we discussed in adult ed? Seems like it, though I'm sure there are complicating factors... Then again, it's easy to say that as an office-working American.