A wholesale Boat market in Bangladesh

MahabubMunna · August 19, 2018, 2:16pm

Bangladesh is a Land of river . About 700 rivers including tributaries flow through the country constituting a waterway of total length around 24,140 kilometres (15,000 mi). Most of the country’s land is formed through silt brought by the rivers.

This wholesale boat market local name Noukar hat .Nouka = wooden small boat , Hat = week one day big market sit in village big open space it’s called hat .

Monsoon season so rural people who live in bil ,hawor area (Slow motion water area) . that area people 3-4 mount can’t move with out using boat . so they buy small baot from hat .

Price start : 25$ to 200$ . depend on size and wood quality .

My another post about rainy season in Bangladesh :

i. Beautiful Rainy season in Bangladesh

ii. Tnaguar haor (টাঙ্গুয়ার হাওড় )

Showcasing different size boat

Form CGTN News:

Hundreds of wooden boats are prepared for rainy season in Bangladesh

Hundreds of wooden boats are prepared for sale at a market since the monsoon season is coming in Manikganj, Bangladesh. The local citizens will prepare for floods by buying transport to get to work between June and October.

During the heavy rainy season, the river banks usually burst and the towns and villages are submerged, which means cars and buses are hard to drive. People are forced to travel by boat.

Each of the wooden boats and oars is hand-made by local artisans, and the price for each boat is 1,800 Bangladeshi taka (21 US dollars).

Photographer: Abdul Momin .

News copy from: CGTN

Carpenter wait for customer

Customer choosing boat

OSAMA · August 19, 2018, 2:28pm

piece of art @MahabubMunna

the photo and the boats thanks for sharing

are you sure

the price is just 25-200$???

AnuradhaP · August 19, 2018, 2:30pm

@MahabubMunna Thanks for sharing… I never knew Bangladesh has more than 700 rivers…

MahabubMunna · August 19, 2018, 2:33pm

Yes. Then there is the need to coal tar painting for long lasting also not damage any water insect . @OSAMA . coal tar painting need 10-15$ not max

MahabubMunna · August 19, 2018, 2:36pm

yes . Bangladesh is a actually delta island down part of Himalaya . so mountain Everest so many branch of river Nepal , Bhutan then India , Bangladesh then connected in Bay of Bengal @AnuradhaP

OSAMA · August 19, 2018, 2:38pm

even with more 15 $ still great deal @MahabubMunna

MahabubMunna · August 19, 2018, 2:40pm

yes , then are you want more loom my add 2 link for that area situation in rainy season . that area every house 2-3 boat @OSAMA

MahabubMunna · August 19, 2018, 2:43pm

@AriMar @NadyaPN @KlaudiyaG @brittym @Christina-NYC hope you like this

MiaMaria · August 19, 2018, 6:48pm

@MahabubMunna wow, the pictures are amazing!

MahabubMunna · August 19, 2018, 6:52pm

Thanks @MiaMaria

FaridTDF · August 19, 2018, 10:19pm

Mis felicitaciones al fotógrafo Abdul Momin , la Fotos son muy buenas , tu @MahabubMunna , estuviste en la fábrica de botes como es el ambiente en ese lugar.

Saludos Farid

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MahabubMunna · August 20, 2018, 3:32am

There no factory .carpanter whole week made it in there home or small shop in ''hat " day bring that . Like one guy in a week made 2-3 .some are more @FaridTDF

SoniaK · August 20, 2018, 6:12am

This is awesome, @MahabubMunna . I never knew that we had a wholesale market for selling boats. Surely, I don’t know a lot of thing about my own country yet. I definitely will have to visit this market when I am back home.

SoniaK · August 20, 2018, 6:23am

Btw @MahabubMunna , I have just learned a new English word and felt like sharing it with you as it is related to this post. The person, who builds or fixes a boat is called a shipwright, not a carpenter.

KlaudiyaG · August 20, 2018, 8:29am

Very informative and interesting post @MahabubMunna ! The Noukas are looking very cute.

Thank you so much for sharing.

PaulPavlinovich · August 20, 2018, 10:16am

I love the boat shapes in the fist image @MahabubMunna looks great- many similar repeating shapes but still with chaos and without symmetry.

MahabubMunna · August 20, 2018, 10:56am

yes @PaulPavlinovich . because all are not same guys boat like i have 5 boat i took it there then another one come then he took there boat so look like this .

MahabubMunna · August 20, 2018, 11:00am

it’s common boat like Amsterdam type cycle cheapest one . people use in there daily life , every monsoon season that slow motion area people buy 2-3 boat . also inform you that there 200 + type small and big boat but now modern society use steel boat . another day i share my boat picture collection from museum . wooden boat Bengali name "Nouka “” নৌকা " @KlaudiyaG । Given all boat name " Kosa Nouka "

KlaudiyaG · August 20, 2018, 1:20pm

That’s exactly what I firstly popped up in my mind when I started reading your post. It really reminded me of Amsterdam, but apparently in Bangladesh, the নৌকা transportation is more like a seasonal thing.

@MahabubMunna, do you use নৌকা for moving around?

MahabubMunna · August 20, 2018, 3:07pm

@KlaudiyaG yes.I know how to boating . also everyday i use a little bit bigger wooden boat cross river it’s every day people moving city go one side to another side . there slow motion water area few different depend on area size . request you to check my given 2 link in this post . slow motion area called " Bil" “hawor” Bawor etc.

see my house near boat boat . please click link for watch

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