Bangladesh is a country which is blessed with six colourful seasons with colourful scenic beauty. Winter is one of them. In comparison to western countries, winter days are not wintry in Bangladesh. In Bangla year, Poush-Magh (December-January-February) are the two months of winter.
Winter follows the late autumn. Winter looks gloomy. Trees become bare of leaves. Days are very short and the nights are very long. People shiver in cold. They wrap themselves with quilt and blanket when they go to bed at night. Poor people in the villages make fire with leaves and straw in the morning to warm themselves.
All through the season, the weather is very foggy and cold. Most of the days, we cannot find the sunlight in early morning. For the well-off people this season is very pleasant, eagerly awaited and planned for. But for poor people, it brings curse through suffering. Death because of bitter cold is the news of everyday. People in villages are in predicament for lack of warm colthes. Sometimes government distributes warm clothes among the slum dwellers.
The nature takes an outstanding look in winter. In the morning, when the sun starts to peep, the grasses with dew drops look like glittering gold. Children and other people are seen to bask in the sun.
The gift of winter is also felt through food items. The foggy morning is flavoured by the steaming hot pitha. New fresh vegetables and supply of fishes, date palm juice, molasses from sugarcane are found available in the market. 'Pitha Utsab' is usually celebrated by the people of capital in Dhaka. Some location is full of migratory birds coming from countries of extreme cold.
For the poverty stricken people the balmy and comfortably cool days of winter bring no cheer. As a whole, Bangladeshi winter has both exciting and depressing phenomena. We should welcome the season cordially.
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