The Festivals of Bangladesh : Muntassir Mamoon

Contents: Preface. 1. Eid. 2. Muharram. 3. Janmashtami. 4. Durga Puja. 5. New Year. 6. Appendices.

"In The Festivals of Bangladesh Muntassir Mamoon reports from a variety of flash points across Bangladesh. Getting out on to the streets to get beyond the rituals, Mamoon paints a radical portrait of the struggles, hopes and needs of the people. The \'Other Bangladesh\' : religious festivals : Eid, Muharram, Janmastami, Durga Puja, New Year all are powerfully portrayed as the festivals where \'high\' versus \'low\' culture is intertwined, in which artists and common men, religious devotees and intellectuals, all striving in various ways to create a genuinely popular culture." (jacket)