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Culture of Bangladesh: (part- 1)

Culture of Bangladesh:


Bangladesh has a long history in its culture. The fertile land, natural beauty, the rivers, and the lifestyle of the common people formed a rich heritage with marked differences from neighboring regions. Bangladeshi culture formed along with these elements over thousands of years. Bengali language, literature, music, dance, myth, customs, games, food, festivals, social conditions, religious harmony is very rich and unique in the world.
This article is all about Bangladesh culture and traditional life style of Bengali people and other indigenous communities. It’s help you to learn about a rich cultural nation of the world.

Language:

Bangladesh, the land of Bengali language and culture. The language is an identity of the Bengali nation. The name of the nation and country comes from the name of language. The mother tongue of majority Bangladeshi people is Bangla (The official language, also known as Bengali). It is the first language of more than 98 percent of the population. It is written in its own script, derived from that of Sanskrit. Bangla is the 5th largest language of the world, spoken by more than 30 million people of Bangladesh and some part of India as well as all over the world where Bengali people are living.
Bangla language is influenced by other language like Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Portuguese, Japanese, English and some other language. Because Bangladesh was the colony of Moughal empire, British Empire, also a part of Pakistan from 1947- 1971. Moreover thousands of people from other nation of the world came here for trade, cultural, religious and other purpose. At that time some of words of those foreign languages were included in Bangla language.

The language become enrich and well-known by famous Bengali poets and writers. Rabindranath Tagore - the Nobel Laureate, Kazi Nazrul Islam, The national poet of Bangladesh, are vital part of Bengali literature. Michael Madhusudan Datta. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaya, Mir Mosharraf Hossain and Kazi Ahdul Wadud, Shamsur Rahman, Jasim Uddin, Sufia Kamal, Humayan Ahmed,Dr.Jafar Iqbal are the pioneers of modern Bengali Literature.
Bangladesh only nation in the world, where people sacrificed their lives to establish Bengali as the official language at the period of East Pakistan at 21, February in 1952. Now 21 February observed as International Mother Language day all over the world.
Besides, there are some ethnic groups in Bangladesh, have their own culture and language. Though, they are only two percent of whole nation, but their culture and language fabricates the nation gracefully.

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