To fulfill father's wish, procession of 10 cows and buffaloes to Pirganj

Limon Sarkar (Thakurgaon) District Representative:

Not by motor vehicle or helicopter, this time to fulfill his father's wish, a young man named Nirab went to get married at the bride's house in the guise of a bridegroom in 10 carts of lost cows and buffaloes of village Bengal and hundreds of women gathered to see the wedding. - male One such exceptional wedding was organized in Pirganj of Thakurgaon on Friday afternoon. According to the locals, the marriage of Israt Jahan Esha Akhtar, daughter of Sirajul Islame of neighboring Durgapur village, was arranged with Nibar (Sabbir), son of Quddus Ali of Khamar Narayanpur village in Pirganj upazila of the district. Friday was their wedding day.

  Nirab's father wanted the son to go to the bride's house in the guise of a bridegroom in a bullock cart. The wife and mother will come in the bullock cart. To fulfill his father's wish, Nirav went to the bride's house in the guise of a bridegroom in 10 carts of cows and buffaloes. Hundreds of men and women flock to the houses of the bride and groom to see the carts of cows and buffaloes with the missing tapur of rural Bengal. The road is a procession of many people in cow-buffalo carts

observed the scene. Many took pictures and videos. The local residents along with the family of the bride and groom are happy with such an arrangement. Many expressed their interest in maintaining this old tradition of rural Bengal. Groom's father Quddus said, "I wanted the bridegroom to go to my son's wedding in a bullock cart." It is difficult to get a bullock cart at this time. So I arranged 9 buffaloes and one cow car for my son's wedding. The boy agreed and went to get married in a bullock cart. Bride's uncle Zainal said, it is a lost tradition of rural Bengal. Amara is happy with such arrangements. A man named Alam in Naraipur village said that he heard from his father that the bridegroom and the groom go in a bullock cart in his grandfather's wedding. After that, there was no groom procession in the Guru car in the area. It was good to see. An old man sitting with his legs hanging on the back of the buffalo cart said that 40 years ago he went to a neighbor's wedding like this as a groom.

He is happy with such an arrangement after a long time.

Joynal Abedin Babul, President of Pirganj Upazila Branch of Udichi Artists Group, said that modern Bengali rural traditions are gradually disappearing. In recent times, some of the almost lost folk culture events including the groom ride on bullock carts are also to be observed. Keeping and nurturing these rural folk traditions has now become the need of the hour.