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Tag Archives: Rangamati
Reflections on the Hardest Things about Moving Home from Bangladesh
I just recently read Chelsea Fagan’s post ‘The 23 Hardest Things About Moving Home After Living Abroad‘ on Thought Catalog and found myself pondering her words as we now approach the last few weeks left in Bangladesh. Emotionally, we’re wrecked – or … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, British, Life
Tagged Bangla, Bangladesh, Britain, Cox's bazaar, Expat life, LAMB, Rangamati, Santali language, Sundarbans, Thought Catalog
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Protected: An Adventure in Rangamati (or How to gatecrash a Chakma wedding and get away with it) – Part Three
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Posted in Bangladesh, Culture, Religion
Tagged Bangladesh, Buddhism, Chakma, Chakma people, Chakma wedding, cross-cultural wedding, Hinduism, Muktasree Chakma Sathi, Rangamati, travel, Wedding
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Protected: An Adventure in Rangamati (or How to gatecrash a Chakma wedding and get away with it) – Part Two
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Posted in Bangladesh, Culture, Travel
Tagged adibhasi, Chakma, Kaptai Lake, Muktasree Chakma Sathi, Rangamati, tradtion, Wedding
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Protected: An Adventure in Rangamati (or How to gatecrash a Chakma wedding and get away with it) – Part One
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Posted in Bangladesh, Culture, Religion, Travel
Tagged Buddhism, Chakma, community, cross-cultural wedding, Hinduism, Kaptai Dam, Muktasree Chakma Sathi, Rangamati, travel, weddings
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Frustrations, Hartals and a Wedding
I’m sat on my own in a guest house in Dhaka feeling pretty miserable to be honest. It’s been a hard July so far. Writing for JulNoWriMo has been all but impossible and I’m way behind on the writing. That said, … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Culture, Life
Tagged adibhasi, Bangladesh, Chakma, Hartal, jamaat e Islami, JulNoWriMo, Rangamati, Wedding
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