00:00Bangladesh Village Life
00:02Cities in Bangladesh may be bustling, crowded, and jammed with activity, but the soul of Bangladesh is in its villages and along its rivers.
00:12Villages that surprise with their calm, their order and their relative peace.
00:17Sure there's activity, in the fields, homes, schools, mosques and temples, but there's a different pace to it all than you'll find in a city.
00:26Yet village life has its glory and importance.
00:29Nearly 85% of the people of Bangladesh live in villages.
00:34They till the land and raise food for the people living in towns.
00:38The village people are simple, religious and conservative.
00:42Villagers harvesting crops and planting fields are new, flocks of animals gathering, and gaggles of geese scrabbling about.
00:50Kids played after-school cricket, and families spent time winding up their day.
00:54Of course, they took a break to catch a glimpse of the visitors, or even to get a handshake.
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